Really? According to Pulse of Radio,
Britain’s Oxford University Press has named “selfie” — the ubiquitous smartphone self-portrait — as the word of the year for 2013. The Oxford dictionaries publisher said that “selfie” saw a big jump in usage over the past year to become a mainstream word for any self-taken photo. Editorial director Judy Pearsall says the word appeared to have first been used in 2002 on an Australian online forum. Although a separate word is usually chosen for the U.S. and the U.K., Oxford says the word had a big bump in both countries this year. Runners-up included: “twerk” (thanks Miley Cyrus!); “showrooming” — the practice of visiting stores to look at a product before buying it online for less money; the digital currency “Bitcoin”; and “binge-watch” — watching many episodes of a TV show in a row.
Well, at least it wasn’t “twerk”. LOL
