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selfie

SEL-fee/ˈsɛlfi/

Pluralselfies

Verbselfies, selfying, selfied

3 meanings of selfie

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  1. 1
    nouncolloquialcountable
    A photo you take of yourself, usually with a phone held in your hand.

    Like holding up a mirror to see your own face, but the phone keeps the picture.

    She took a selfie in front of the waterfall.

    My grandpa learned to take a selfie on his new phone.

    Similarself-portrait

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  2. 2
    verbcolloquialintransitive
    To take a photo of yourself, usually with a phone.

    They love to selfie at every place they visit.

    We selfie together whenever we meet up.

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  3. 3
    nounslangcountable
    A photo of yourself that you stage or edit a lot before posting it online.

    Her latest selfie was edited so much she barely looked like herself.

    He posts a new selfie every day, each one carefully posed.

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Origin

From the word "self" plus the ending "-ie." It first appeared around 2002 in Australian English.