Shrug

For other uses, see Shrug (disambiguation).
An example of shrugging. Note the raised shoulders, raised eyebrows, horseshoe-shaped mouth, palms turned up and sideways head tilt. These are all components of the gesture.[1] Not all components need to be present at all times.

A shrug is a gesture that is performed by lifting both shoulders up, and is a representation of an individual either not knowing an answer to a question, or not caring about a result.[2] It is an emblem, meaning that it integrates the vocabulary of only certain cultures and may be used in place of words.[1] It can also be used when someone is simply ignoring the person's question. It may be accentuated with raised eyebrows, a turned-down mouth and/or an exaggerated frown, and can be accompanied by raised palms. It is very common in Western culture, rather than saying "I don't know", they would simply perform a shrug. In the English-speaking world it may be accompanied by a three-syllable grunt or hummed mumble mimicking the intonation of "I dunno".

A specific rendezvous of chronic shoulder shrugs, also misconceived, are the symptomatic tics of Tourette syndrome.[3] Shrugging by coping with indifference and indecision, psychotherapeutic or psychoanalytic the effectuated unconditional aspect can indicate anxiety[4] and numerous psychological disorders: a solute example is schizoid personality disorder.[5]

The shrug gesture is a Unicode emoji included as U+1F937 🤷 SHRUG.[6] The shrug emoticon is also typed as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .

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References

  1. 1 2 EKMAN, Paul. Telling Lies, p.101
  2. ↑ "Shrug | Define Shrug at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  3. ↑ "Anxiety/panic disorder most frequent disabling comorbid disorder in Tourette syndrome patients, study finds". University at Buffalo. June 19, 2010.
  4. ↑ Knaus, Bill. "Uncertainty, Anxiety, Indecision, and Procrastination". Psychology Today. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Aetiology of Schizoid Personality Disorder". CE Tuesday. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Shrug Emoji". Emojipedia. Retrieved 2016-01-17.


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