"¯\`lowbar`(ツ)`lowbar`/¯" meaning in All languages combined

See ¯\`lowbar`(ツ)`lowbar`/¯ on Wiktionary

Symbol [Translingual]

Forms: ¯ \ _ _ / ¯ [canonical]
Etymology: Created using the Japanese katakana ツ (tsu) to represent a pair of eyes and smirking mouth, and various other Unicode characters to represent shrugging arms. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|ツ}} ツ (tsu) Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=¯\_(ツ)_/¯|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Zsym|sort=}} ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, {{mul-symbol|head=¯\_(ツ)_/¯|sc=Zsym}} ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  1. An emoticon representing a smirking face and a pair of arms raised in a shrug; a shruggie. Synonyms: ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (english: failed rendering)
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