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“自拍”称2013最热门词汇 When the word nerds (a term of endearment, I swear) at the Oxford English Dictionaries sat down to consider which word commanded enough prominence during the course of 2013 to be named the official word of the year, the choice was obvious. 当编写《牛津英语字典》的书虫们（我发誓这绝对是爱称）坐在一起，考虑哪个词在2013年特别突出，足以提名成为官方年度词时，这个答案是显而易见的。 ? In an unusual unanimous decision, the group awarded the honor to two syllables which, when combined in a particular order, best describe the paradoxical（矛盾的，诡论的） nexus of narcissism（自恋） and shared social experience known as the selfie. ? In case you arent as hip as a reference librarian, heres the official definition for selfie (sometimes selfy): ? a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website. ? The word was originally added to Oxfords quite broad online dictionaries in August. Being declared the it word for 2013 means that selfies have been all over this year. Indeed, in its blog post announcing the selection, Oxford explained, If it is good enough for the Obamas or the pope, then it is good enough for Word of the Year. ? Some credit is likely due to Instagram for taking selfies this far, and Im a little surprised that instagram, the verb, (as in: Im totally going instagram that sunset with some hella-subtle filters) has not yet made it into the Oxford vernacular（方言）. ? Then again, selfies were being taken long before Instagram. According to Oxford Dictionaries research, the phrase has been spotted online as early as 2002 in forum postings. MySpace and Flickr first helped popularize the term, but it wasnt until 2012 that it began to surface in mainstream media. It really took off this year, though -- with the words frequency of usage increasing five-fold between March and August. ? So it appears selfies are here to stay for a while, which is OK with me, but I am concerned about the creation of related terms that Oxford also makes note of, such as helfie (a p