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English word of the year: Selfie Posted by on Dec 26, 2013

The Oxford Dictionaries has announced the English word of the year for 2013. It is ‘selfie’. So, what is a ‘selfie’?  Well this “new” word is a shortened form of the word ‘self-portrait.’  Selfie is a word specific to our time in history when social media, cameras, phones (and camera phones), and sharing everything with…

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