Selfie Is Named Word Of The Year, Gets Owned By Nicholas Cage
Selfie is the
2013 Word of the Year! The Oxford English Dictionary editors, the official bods that makes the decision, say that the frequency of the word selfie has increased by 17,000% since this time last year.
The word ‘Selfie’ was coined over a decade ago, on an online forum, by an Australian describing his previous-night’s drunken antics:
“Um, drunk at a mates 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.” — (ABC Online 13 Sept. 2002)
The problem with selfies these days, is that people think they’ve seen it all. Not true. Enter
Josh McMillan who reinvents the genre with
Feeling Cagey, a program that automatically replaces your face with Nicholas Cage’s mug when you upload your selfie to Instagram with the hashtag #selfie.
Selfies are the delivering on photographic medium’s eternal promise of democracy. They’re not just for young guns with their glowing follicles, duck-faces, Belieberizing and side-boob. Even pensioners can
flash their man-bits.
Selfie was added to OxfordDictionaries.com in August 2013. Selfie is not yet in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), but is currently being considered for inclusion.
Photo: Screengrab from FeelingCagey.com
