““Selfie” — defined as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website” — has beaten out “twerk,” “bitcoin” and other comers to claim the title of Oxford Dictionaries 2013 Word of the Year.”

– http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/selfie-trumps-twerk-as-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year/?ref=todayspaper