Oxford Dictionaries: ‘selfie’ is word of the year

Who can resist the temptation to click our portrait, smiling into our smartphone? Well, that’s a selfie. This year, Oxford Dictionaries has picked this word as the word of the year that best reflects the mood of the times. It defines selfie as ‘a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.’