'Selfie' Named by Oxford Dictionaries as Word of 2013

"Selfie" has been named as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries

The word has evolved from a niche social media tag into a mainstream term for a self-portrait photograph, the editors said

Research suggested its frequency in the English language had increased by 17,000% in the last year

Selfie is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website"

Miranda Kerr shares a selfie of herself and Miley Cyrus on Nov 19,2013 Tuesday night

The Pope posed for this picture with youngsters in August 2013, with the resulting selfie going viral

 The Obama girls take a selfie