Shrug
A shrug is a gesture performed by raising both shoulders, and is a representation of an individual either being indifferent about something or not knowing an answer to a question.[1] The shoulder-raising action may be accompanied by rotating the palms upwards, pulling closed lips downwards, raising the eyebrows or tilting the head to one side.[2] A shrug is an emblem, meaning that it integrates the vocabulary of only certain cultures and may be used in place of words.[3] In many countries, such as the United States, Sweden and Morocco, a shrug represents hesitation or lack of knowledge; however, in other countries, such as Japan and China, shrugging is uncommon and is not used to show hesitation. People from the Philippines, Iran and Iraq may interpret a shrug as a somewhat impolite sign of confidence.[4]
Emoji
The shrug gesture is a Unicode emoji included as U+1F937 🤷 SHRUG.[5] The shrug emoticon, made from Unicode characters, is also typed as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, where "ツ" is the character tsu from Japanese katakana. [6]
See also
References
- ^ "Shrug | Define Shrug at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ^ Debras, Camille (29 June 2017). "The shrug: Forms and meanings of a compound enactment:". Gesture. 16 (1): 1–34. doi:10.1075/gest.16.1.01deb. ISSN 1568-1475. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Ekman, Paul (2009). Telling Lies. W. W. Norton. p. 101. ISBN 9780393081749.
- ^ Jokinen, Kristiina; Allwood, Jens (2010). "Hesitation in intercultural communication: Some observations on interpreting shoulder shrugging" (PDF). Culture and Computing. Lecturer notes in Computer Science. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Shrug Emoji". Emojipedia. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ "Shrug Emoticon". Textpopo. Retrieved 2021-06-19.