selfie

plural selfies

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

   take a selfie

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   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.

   2002 September 13, N. "Hopey" Hope, “re: Dissolvable stitches”, in ABC Online Forum, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2013

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

   2004 October 21, Brian McGuirk, “bmcguirk's photos.”, in Flickr, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2004

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

   2005, Jim Krause, Photo Idea Index, HOW Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 148

   The Mars Rover Takes A Selfie [title]

   2012 December 27, Andrew Prince, “The Mars Rover Takes A Selfie”, in National Public Radio, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2015

   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.

   2013 December 13, Brooke Gladstone, quoting Roberto Schmidt, “The Photographer Behind ‘Selfie-Gate’”, On the Media”, in National Public Radio, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2026

present singular third person selfies · participle present selfying · participle past selfied · past selfied

1. informalintransitivecommunicationsTo take a selfie.