Word Of The Year for 2013 - "Selfie"

The Oxford Dictionaries announced that the word "selfie" won through a unanimous decision as the "Word of the Year for 2013". As defined in Oxford's online dictionary, the word "selfie" is an informal noun which means "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website".

"Selfie" is not a new word as it was first used back in September 13 2002 as the earliest known usage of the word. It was a forum posting in ABC Online (Australia) which stated "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.".
Its usage has truly risen that it is a usual thing everyone can see in the social media sites like facebook and photo-sharing sites like flickr. Although self-portrait is truly not new but through the incredible and widespread social media usage nowadays and with the help of the current technology through mobile phones and gadgets, it has been so easy and fast for people to take self-portraits and share it through the internet.

It has been added in the Oxford Dictionary Online but not yet in Oxford English Dictionary.

"Selfie" beats some of the words like the famous "twerk", "showrooming", "bitcoin", "olinguito", "bedroom tax", "binge-watch" and "schmeat".