And the winner of Word of the Year is...
'Selfie' named by Oxford Dictionaries as word of 2013
The word has evolved from a niche social media tag into a mainstream term for a self-portrait photograph, the editors said.
Research suggested its frequency in the English language had increased by 17,000% in the last year, they added.
Other shortlisted words included "twerk" - a raunchy dance move performed by Miley Cyrus - and "binge-watch" - meaning watching lots of TV.
Vocabulary:
a niche -
a tag -
mainstream (adj) -
shortlisted (adj) -
raunchy -
binge -
tissue -
a chav -
the credit crunch -
a shambles -
to coin -
to upload -
to track -
to trace back -
an injury -
to trip over -
throughout (prep)
a hashtag -
widespread (adj) -
a source -
Read this previous post about new entries to Oxford dictionary.
Comments
Is very interesting to learn a word of English language before it was in the dictionary. It´s very fancy, but it´s more bizarre to learn a word I don´t know its meaning. I have learnt selfie without to know what it means. ¿Do you think, LucÃa and Montse, selfie means self-portrait photograph? If selfie means this, I wonder how can I make a self-portrait photograph? I need a very long arm to make a photograph oneself. It´s crazy. Graham is thinking how involved this man is.
If I´m alone, I make a selfie.
If I´m not alone, my partner will make a selfie.
If I was alone, I would make a selfie.
If I had been alone, I would have made a selfie.
I wish I was alone.
I wish I would make a selfie.
I hope some sentence is true. Regards. José.
Good night, ¡No, no, no! How clumsy! good night is goodbye. Good evening Graham and blogmates, LucÃa and Montse. I hope Antonio participates here: I´m glad to write again in this blog. “The wearisome” is here - beware!
It is very interesting to learn an English word before it has appeared in the dictionary. It´s very fancy??, but more than that, it is bizarre to learn a word of which I don´t know the meaning. I have learnt selfie without knowing what it means. ¿Do you think, LucÃa and Montse, selfie means self-portrait photograph? If selfie means this, I wonder how can take a self-portrait photograph? I need a very long arm to take a photograph of myself. It´s crazy. Graham is thinking how involved this man is.
I wish you would take a selfie.
It's funny but I always feel the need for a drink after replying to your comment. LOL
Until the next one...