selfie

[ sel-fee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Informal.

a photograph taken with a smartphone or other digital camera by a person who is also in the photograph, especially for posting on a social media website:
celebrities sharing selfies on Twitter.

Origin of selfie¹

First recorded in 2000–05; self none + -ie none

The third continued in kind with “selfie,” “swagger,” and “twerk.”

He spotted a few visitors with selfie sticks, and wondered if any were sold nearby.

She had sent her mother back in Colorado a last message that included a selfie.

So, yes, in other words, Selfie is both brilliant and terrible.

And that even skips right over the biggest, biggest issue with Selfie, which is its aforementioned abominable title.

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