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plural velfies
- IndianeologismA video selfie.
There are duckface selfies, velfies, melfies, and what have you.
March 2015, Digit, Siddharth Parwatay, "From Selfies to Selflessness", p. 32 more examples
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. 14In 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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velfie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/velfie
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