Meaning of selfie | Babel Free

Definitions

A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

informal

Equivalents

Examples

“take a selfie”

“Um, drunk at a mates^([sic]) 21st, I tripped ofer^([sic]) and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.”

“Pre. Nice rooftop selfie. […] No Hair. Another nice rooftop selfie.”

“That's not to imply that it's "wrong" for your arm or hand to show up in a selfie.”

“The Mars Rover Takes A Selfie [title]”

“Barack Obama was talking to David Cameron and with the Danish Prime Minister, and that’s when she actually reached into her purse and brought out a cell phone and stretched her arms and did a selfie with them.”

“I shall take this photograph myself. This must be what they call a selfie.”

“Don't take it the wrong way / I can never keep up / Sick of liking your selfies”

“Nothing is visible until the selfie is taken, which is half the fun. […] Posting the selfies on Instagram, where limbs are noodly or eyes are buggy, is meant to be silly, making it seem like the photographers take themselves — and social media — less seriously.”

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