Grats “selfie,” you’re Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year.
Selfie is defined as a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam. A Word of the Year candidate must sum up our culture in the past year. Some other cultural words in the running were:
* apols: It’s short for apologies. “Apols to those who knew this already.”
* babymoon: A relaxing or romantic holiday taken by parents-to-be before their baby is born.
* BYOD: It’s byod day, or bring your own device to school or work day.
* grats: Because congratulations is a really long word.
* binge-watch: To watch multiple episodes of a television program in rapid succession, typically by means of DVDs or digital stream.
* twerk: Dancing to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance, just missed Word of the Year notoriety.
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