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PHOTOS: Fave Out Celebrity 'Selfies' to Celebrate the 'Word of the Year'
If "twerk" were the word of the year this would have been an entirely different kind of slideshow!
Whether you think they're obnoxious or your Instagram feed is full of them, "selfie" is undoubtedly the buzzword of 2013, but it was backed up by the folks behind the Oxford dictionaries. The editorial director for the Oxford dictionaries says the word was possibly born on an Australian Web forum in 2002, and it started popping up on Flickr in 2004, the Associated Press reports. "Selfie" beat "twerk," "showrooming," and "Bitcoin" as the word of 2013.
If "twerk" were the word of the year this would have been an entirely different kind of slideshow! Enjoy a few celebrity selfies below!
Ellen DeGeneres records the crowd behind her on her trip to Melbourne.
Singer Vicci Martinez shows off her her killer hair.
Oh hey, Mary Lambert is in the New York Times!
When Mary met Vicci!
Slam dunker Brittney Griner could take a selfie from the other room with her wingspan!
Rosie O'Donnell and Maia Mitchell shoot a selfie during Rosie's guest spot on The Fosters.
Andy Cohen and Lady Gaga selfie it up on the set of Watch What Happens Live.
U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe teases with this partial selfie.
Tegan and Sara looked thrilled upon a arrival at St. John's New Foundland airport.
