Portrait of the artist: Selfie named word of 2013

“Selfie” has been named the word of 2013, beating tough competition from “twerk”, “binge-watch”, and “‘showrooming”.

Portrait of the artist: Selfie named word of 2013

Editors from Oxford Dictionaries, which made it their word of 2013, said it the word has evolved from a niche social media tag into a mainstream term for a self-portrait photograph.

One of the most famous selfies this year was the Pope posing with teenagers at the Vatican. The picture went viral on social media and was widely speculated as being the first “papal selfie”.

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