Forget #selfies. It's all about the #couplies now

If you thought self-portraits on Twitter were narcissistic, then prepare to feel doubly woozy as social media embraces the twosome, says Katy Harrington

If one word speaks volumes about recent 21st century western society then it is ‘selfie’. Selfies, along with Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and horsemeat, seemed to be everywhere and in everything in 2013, so much so that Oxford Dictionaries elected selfie last year’s ‘Word of the Year’ based on its popularity.

The No Make-Up selfie craze in aid of cancer charities has brought them to the fore again this month, and reports say the hashtag #selfie was used almost 35 million times last year alone.