selfie

noun, verb — 2 senses

selfie

noun

US, UK /ˈsɛlfi/

Etymology From self + -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English.

1

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Mobile telephony, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications, Telephony Informal A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

  • take a selfie
  • 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:
4 more examples
  • 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:
Derived terms
38 terms0.5 selfie, belfie, braggie, brelfie, carfie, chelfie, delfie, drelfie, dronie, felfie, footsie, grelfie, groupie, healthie, helfie, killfie, legsie, lelfie, melfie, nakie, nelfie, pelfie, relfie, selficide, selfie camera, selfie stick, shelfie, shoefie, slofie, stealthie, twofie, ussie, vaxxie, velfie, video selfie, wefie, welfie, youfie
Hypernyms
self-portrait

selfie

verb

Etymology From self + -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English.

1

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Mobile telephony, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications, Telephony Informal To take a selfie.

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