velfie

V4E1L1F4I1E1
US, UK/ˈvɛlfi/

noun

A video selfie.

Scrabble 12

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nounvelfie (plural velfies)

plural velfies

  1. IndianeologismA video selfie.

    There are duckface selfies, velfies, melfies, and what have you.

    March 2015, Digit, Siddharth Parwatay, "From Selfies to Selflessness", p. 3
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    Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes, and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.

    7/10/2015, Voice of Asia, Peter Hutchison, "When a selfie is not enough: India abuzz over 'velfie' craze", p. 14

    In the winter of 2014 the writer and ad filmmaker had spun off the first Indian velfie (video selfies) movement with a three-minute film titled Pause that compared the Indo-Pak boundaries to walls between homes and led to a movement called Dear Neighbour that is currently on the trending charts with a spate of #ProfileForPeace messages on its wall.

    10/26/2015, Pakistan Today, "Peace call goes viral", p. 2

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APA

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

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