shruggy

English

Etymology

From shrug +‎ -y.

Adjective

shruggy (comparative more shruggy, superlative most shruggy)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a shrug (gesture).
   • 1980, David Edgar, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby:

     FANNY turns slowly to TILDA. TILDA gives a little, shruggy, affectionate gesture, as if to apologise.

2. (informal) Inclined to shrug; uncaring or apathetic.
   • 2012, Lucas Klauss, Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse, page 41:

     I want to say, “Then why were you all shruggy and silent and abandon-your-friends-ish?” But he did endure youth group with me. So maybe they sort of even out.

Related terms

• shruggie