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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2013 12:58:16 GMT
The Oxford English dictionary has announced that the word of the year 2013, is selfie. Personally, I don't get it, and actually am a wee embarrassed. Until it was announced in the last few days, I had never heard it used, if I did, it was by some" teeny bop-per".
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Post by bjd on Nov 19, 2013 15:49:16 GMT
Cheer up, casimira -- I had never heard of it either.
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Post by mossie on Nov 19, 2013 20:43:37 GMT
Well, here is one I took 60 years ago, so there's nothing new
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2013 20:43:58 GMT
Oh, I had heard of it, but I spend too much time on the internet. Nude selfies of famous people are among the most famous PUI mistakes on Twitter. Even though they are usually removed within a few minutes when the person realizes what he/she has done, they have already been copied a hundred times and go on to live their immortal lives all over the net.
I even looked one up the other day after reading about it -- a French pop star had pulled the photo within minutes but it made all of the 'people' sites within the hour. When official complaints were lodged to make all of those sites remove the photo 'or else' it disappeared temporarily but it is now visible on all sorts of private sites. I think it took me about 3 minutes to find it, but Emmanuel Moire certainly has nothing to be ashamed of, at least in terms of his anatomy. In terms of personal judgement, that is another matter.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 19, 2013 21:53:33 GMT
Ha! Yaaaay, Mossie.
I love the word because it's necessary & because the very sound of it sums up the narcissistic tedium of compulsively snapping & sharing ones own face. I haven't been treated to any nude selfies of anyone, but there are some pretty funny examples of failed selfies here & there on the internet.
Obviously selfies existed before "duck lips", since selfies gave rise to the duck lip epidemic, but I believe the term duck lips came before selfie.
(Incidentally, my spell checker hasn't caught up to the OED yet, as it keeps telling me the word of the year & its plural are boo-boos.)
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 20, 2013 8:04:57 GMT
Being a Guardian reader and my neighbours on Facebook being of a more youthful persuasion, I knew both the phenomenon and the word, so neither it nor the word is a great surprise - it's taking its place in political parody and achieving museum status (that's how fast the world works these days): www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/oct/15/tony-blair-selfie-photo-op-imperial-war-museum"Duck lips" - is that something like the "trout pout" (=the results of over-enthusiastic collagen injections) ..?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 20, 2013 16:56:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 21:36:18 GMT
Nice pic, mossie! But how did you manage to take it while you were flying that 'plane?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 22:12:07 GMT
"Are you my mummy?"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2013 2:35:23 GMT
Oooh.. that clip is creepy!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 10, 2013 17:02:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 21:44:38 GMT
From The Independent:
They'll look back on this selfie, years from now, and think "what on earth were we doing? We're world leaders, not a bunch of giggling teenagers. We're attending the memorial service of Nelson Mandela. Couldn't we have waited a bit before goofing around?" The only person to come out of this with dignity in tact is Michelle Obama, who looks frosty to say the least.
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Post by htmb on Dec 10, 2013 22:17:05 GMT
How disappointing and embarrassing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 22:24:46 GMT
"No sex tonight"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 22:35:32 GMT
More like "No sex for a week!"
*giggle*
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Post by fumobici on Dec 11, 2013 4:28:38 GMT
Michelle looks much happier about Barry goofing around with the Danish PM doesn't she? ;D
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Post by htmb on Dec 11, 2013 4:45:29 GMT
What a picture.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 4:53:40 GMT
WOW!!!! In the meantime, Webster's Dictionary, for what's it's worth, came out with their word for 2013, Science.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 13:44:12 GMT
fumobici, you made me laugh again! (Sorry, this is probably inappropriate, but just can't help it).
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 11, 2013 16:22:39 GMT
That picture is really funny -- right up there with the famous one of Sophia Loren & Jayne Mansfield. It would be even funnier if it weren't faked. For one thing, look at the sizes of Thorning-Schmidt & Obama in the 2nd photo. They're giants compared to everyone else. Check out the sizes of the heads in the picture. The ones closer to the camera should appear proportionately larger, not smaller. Finally, compare the 1st & 2nd pics. Looks as though everyone changed seats -- it's a different group of people sitting around Thorning-Schmidt & Obama.
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Post by fumobici on Dec 11, 2013 20:33:05 GMT
I think it looks non-photoshopped and real. Any experts around?
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Post by fumobici on Dec 11, 2013 20:40:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 21:02:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 21:48:18 GMT
I like Obama's smile. It just asks for flirtation. I'm thinking maybe Michelle Obama didn't even notice, she seems very wrapped up in her own thoughts...
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Post by htmb on Dec 11, 2013 21:54:20 GMT
Hah! Not notice! Fat chance.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 22:07:53 GMT
Hah! Not notice! Fat chance. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 22:40:05 GMT
The Danish prime minister was taken to task today by the news media.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 12, 2013 2:16:06 GMT
I think it's a tempest in a teapot. Gad, all of us have been to funerals & to the homes of the bereaved after the funerals. They're not always exclusively glum and sedate occasions. And a four-hour memorial? Of course I don't know Michele Obama, but I swear she has the look of a woman with a headache & deep desire to kick off her nice shoes. Moving right along, you can click on this headline: 16 Legendary Selfies of 2013 to see the pics. I'd have to look it up, but I believe "legendary" means "crap we'll have forgotten by the end of the year".
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Post by htmb on Dec 12, 2013 2:37:10 GMT
Gee, just when I start to forget how much of an idiot KK is you go and remind me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 12, 2013 4:48:43 GMT
Oh, you're just jealous because your butt doesn't have its own zip code.
(my god, she's grotesque!)
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