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Oxford's Word Of The Year: Selfie

Last week the Survey of Global English declared the word of 2013 to be a number: 404.  This week the Oxford Dictionary selected "selfie."

Selfie can actually be traced back to 2002 when it was used in an Australian online forum. The word gained momentum throughout the English-speaking world in 2013 as it evolved from a social media buzzword to mainstream shorthand for a self-portrait photograph. Its linguistic productivity is already evident in the creation of numerous related spin-off terms showcasing particular parts of the body like helfie (a picture of one’s hair) and belfie (a picture of one’s posterior); a particular activity – welfie (workout selfie) and drelfie (drunken selfie), and even items of furniture – shelfie and bookshelfie.

They note that "selfie" has not yet been added to their dictionary. Other words on this year's list: bitcoin, twerk, showrooming, and schmeat. Schmeat?

Christian Twerk Team

There's a t-shirt. Source. 

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Twerking Record Set In Herald Square

Gothamist reports:

Big Freedia had plans to set a new world record for most people twerking at one time and in one place. At 12:15 this afternoon in Herald Square she made good on that claim, with the help of over 300 twerkers. Big Freedia led a crowd that brought together hip hop kids, well-dressed businessmen, over-eager tourists, and even a couple of gray-haired ladies who looked a lot like our moms. Clearly, twerking is a populist movement. Twerking belongs to no one; twerking belongs to all of us. The crowd at Herald Square was divided by barricades into twerkers and onlookers as participants were given a wristband, tallied by Guinness World Records staff (Big Freedia wasn't fooling around here) and handed a flyer that outlined specific rules for what would qualify as an acceptable twerk.

RELATED: If you're unfamiliar with Big Freedia, I wrote about her here and here.

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But will Miley be there?

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