¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A sort of modern-day hieroglyph, “shrug” was introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 and later Emoji 3.0 that same year. It is used to exhibit indifference- or a lack of knowledge or concern- on the subject at hand. See meh or indifference (emotion) according to the Rhodes scholars at Wikipedia.

Waiter: (anxiously checking his watch) Have you decided with which appetizer you’d like to start?
Egyptian Patron: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Waiter: wut
Egyptian Patron: oh, sorry about that. 🤷🏻 ♂️

by jizzlemcgizzle November 1, 2017

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Thumbs this definition up if you copy/drag this into the search bar after UD couldn't find your word's meaning.

A : ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
B : ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by Shiine-1 March 14, 2022

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a stupid symbol in here that means: OH GOSH I DUNNO!

*looks up segregation up and sees this: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ *

by Boi On A Unicycle November 7, 2018

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A emoticon version of a shrug.

Guy 1: what does ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ mean?
Guy 2: "¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

by TheCreeperMan March 21, 2020

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That thing that pops up when there is no result for the word you searched, or iftheres no GIF for a word you submitted.

Urban Dictionary likes to use "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" a lot lol

by nabrU yranoitciD January 13, 2020

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this appears when a word you selected is not in the list

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by calebfard July 14, 2023

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A person shrugging their shoulders to indicate a lack of knowledge about a particular topic, or a lack of care about the result of a situation.

Displays as raised shoulders, sometimes in conjunction with raised arms and flat hands. The shrug gesture in text (emoticon) form is known as the shruggie and typed as: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Person Shrugging was approved as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016 under the name “Shrug” and added to Emoji 3.0 in 2016.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't know what you'r talking about!

by FockuEz June 5, 2017