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“Selfie” and “twerking” top the annual list of annoying words compiled by a US university. The words “hashtag” and the term “Mr Mom” also feature.
“Selfie”, a self-taken photo, often with a smartphone, led the way among the more than 2,000 nominations submitted to Lake Superior State University’s 39th annual list of words. US president Barack Obama took a well-publicised selfie with other world leaders in South Africa for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service last month.
