“Selfie” has been named as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries. Its frequency in the English language had increased by 17,000% in the last year, researchers said.
This word has evolved from a niche social media tag into a mainstream term for a self-portrait photograph, the editors said.
Selfie is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website”.
Other ‘contenders’ were “twerk” – a raunchy dance move performed by Miley Cyrus; “binge-watch” – meaning watching lots of TV; and ”schmeat” that stands for a form of meat synthetically produced from biological tissue.
The word of the year award celebrates the inventiveness of English speakers when confronted with social, political or technological change. To qualify, a word need not have been coined within the past 12 months, but it does need to have become prominent or notable in that time………
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