The world "Selfie", declared as the word of the year 2013 is now listed into Oxford Dictionary. According to the agency among the 150 new words added to the Oxford Dictionary this year, the most trending and popular word is "Selfie".
According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, selfie is explained as :
selfie
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfi/
(also selfy)
noun (plural selfies)
A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media: occasional selfies are acceptable, but posting a new picture of yourself every day isn’t necessary
Origin : Early 21st century: from self + -ie.
Beside Selfie, some technical terms such as Bitcoin, Community Manager, Captcha etc are also listed in the dictionary.
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