pelfie

P3E1L1F4I1E1
US, UK/ˈpɛlfi/

noun

A self-taken photograph of one's pet.

Scrabble 11

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nounpelfie (plural pelfies)

plural pelfies

  1. neologismA self-taken photograph of one's pet.

    Even rural puppies on the other side of the world are apathetic when I try to take selfies with them,” he jokes of his pelfie in the Philippines.

    2017 August 4, Kate Hogan, “30 Photos of PEOPLE's Pet Vet Dr. Evan Antin Cuddling with Puppies (You're Welcome)”, in People
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    Indeed, if 2013 has been the year of the selfie, our elected leaders have put their own fluffy spin on things with the “pelfie” (yep, I went there), unabashedly pimping out their pets for cheap RTs.

    2013 December 26, Charlotte Lytton, “Bo and Sunny Obama Are Definitely The Leaders of the Political Pets”, in Daily Beast

    Buyagift has launched a nationwide competition to find the best "pelfie" – a pet selfie – all in the spirit of raising money for two animal charities – Angels Animal Rescue and Wood Green,

    2014 June 30, Sophie Alexander, “Selfie, belfie, now it's the pelfie! Animals get snap happy for charity”, in Daily Star

pelfie2

nounpelfie (plural pelfies)

plural pelfies

  1. neologismA self-taken photograph of one's penis.

    Just 22% of men in the same age bracket admitted sending the racy shots, known as "pelfies".

    2018 February 16, Alexander Brown, “Willy pics on the rise: Almost half young women get unwanted snaps”, in Daily Star
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    Given that it's technically illegal to show an erect penis in movies, here's to assuming some poor production assistant was sent several pelfies (penis selfies? Does it work?) of Shia's floppy, non-erect penis.

    2014 January 7, Dale Neuringer, “Shia Is the New Joey Tribbiani”, in Bustle

    And while we're on the subject of messaging, how many of us have sent or received a penis selfie? (A pelfie, if you will.)

    2014 June 28, Emma Jane Unsworth, “A feminist's guide to dating”, in The Guardian

    Another argument for the growing trend for pelfies is the widespread availability of free porn

    2017 December 17, “The rise and fall of the penis selfie”, in The Times

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APA

pelfie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelfie

MLA

“pelfie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelfie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pelfie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelfie.

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