SELFIE Definition & Meaning

selfie

[ sel-fee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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Origin of selfie¹

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

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As the tour has gone along, Instagram’s “For You” pages have steadily yielded selfies with the famously upbeat star and cute interactions.

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By the end of the presentation, all of the assembled actors and directors gathered on stage to take a photo from a selfie stick held by Fox.

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It uses facial age estimation technology - provided by a third party - where a selfie is analysed to work out how old a prospective user is.

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YouTube footage shows him goading people into singing Reef's Put Your Hands Up, and taking selfies with fans during the encore.

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The unlikely selfie went viral on social media.

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