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shruggie

shruggie noun: a kaomoji denoting a shrug; particularly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Noun

shruggie (plural shruggies)

  1. (Internet) A kaomoji denoting a shrug; particularly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
    • As Kyle Chayka writes in a new history of the symbol at The Awl, the meaning of the “the shruggie” is always two, if not three- or four-, fold. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ represents nihilism, “bemused resignation,” and “a Zen-like tool to accept the chaos of universe.” It is Sisyphus in unicode. […] The shruggie...2014 May 21, Robinson Meyer, “The Best Way to Type ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2016

shruggie meaning in Tamil

shruggie in Tamil

ஏற்கமறுத்து தோள் குலுக்கல்

Forms of shruggie

pluralshruggies

Origin of shruggie

From shrug + -ie.

Questions about shruggie

What does shruggie mean?
Shruggie means a kaomoji denoting a shrug; particularly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
What is shruggie in Tamil?
Shruggie in Tamil is ஏற்கமறுத்து தோள் குலுக்கல். See Shruggie meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shruggie?
Shruggie is a noun.
What is the plural of shruggie?
The plural of shruggie is shruggies.

Words near shruggie in the dictionary

  1. shrug off
  2. shrugged
  3. shrugged off
  4. shrugger
  5. shruggers
  6. shruggie
  7. shruggies
  8. shrugging
  9. shrugging off
  10. shruggingly
  11. shruggings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shruggie (page history and authors); shruggie (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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