Selfie tops twerk as Oxford's word of the year

[BainsBane]

London (AFP) - Selfie is the 2013 word of the year, Oxford Dictionaries announced Tuesday, edging out some stiff competition from twerk.

'Selfie' beats 'twerk' as word of the year Reuters
Great Job, Narcissists: 'Selfie' Beat Out 'Twerk' for the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year The Atlantic Wire
Usage of the word has increased 17,000 percent over the past 12 months, said Oxford Dictionaries, which publishes the mammoth Oxford English Dictionary (OED), styled as the definitive record of the English language.

Selfie is defined as "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website".

In 2013 it evolved from a social media buzzword to mainstream shorthand for a self-portrait photo.

http://news.yahoo.com/selfie-tops-twerk-oxfords-word-020500530.html

Let me just say this

[snooper2]

1. Thank mythical gods we have tweens to keep our English Lexicon fresh

[pscot]

2. Thank Oz in this case

[loli phabay]

4. pretty much as they are the future their changes to the language are important and

Show how language grows and changes, i always find it funny talking to relatives who speak a language with no words to describe some modern stuff and suddenly you get "microwave" or "spandex" in the middle of a conversation.

[Vashta Nerada]

3. Oxford has really gone downhill in the last decade.

[Brother Buzz]

5. One could refudiate that

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20022860-503544.html

[Vashta Nerada]

6. Looks like my point stands.

[BainsBane]

7. Seems to me a word should be around awhile before going into a dictionary

but they don't ask me.