Oxford’s word of the year: Selfie!

Michelle Obama shared one with her 'first dog' Bo, Hillary Clinton tweeted one with her daughter Chelsea, Justin Bieber with his abs and Miley with her tongue. Now, 'selfie' - the smartphone self-portrait - has been declared word of the year for 2013, according to Britain's Oxford University Press.

'Selfie' saw a huge jump in usage in the past year on social networking websites like Instagram and Twitter to become mainstream shorthand for any self-taken photograph. Judy Pearsall, the editorial director for Oxford dictionaries, said 'selfie' appeared to have been first used in 2002.

" Selfie" has spawned a raft of spinoffs, including "helfie" for a picture taken of someone's own hair, "belfie" for taking a picture of your own posterior and "drelfie" for a self portrait while in a drunken state.

The term beat other buzzwords including "twerk," the sexually provocative dance move that got a huge boost in usage thanks to Miley Cyrus.

Previous words of the year have included "unfriend" in 2009, "credit crunch" in 2008, "carbon footprint" in 2007 and "Sudoku" in 2005.

"Selfie" was added to the online version of the Oxford dictionary in August and is being considered for future inclusion in the more traditional Oxford English Dictionary.

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