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n.

A photographic self-portrait, particularly one taken with the intent of posting it to a social network.

This is the shot we've all been waiting for: the first time that our robot on Mars would rotate its camera and snap an image of its Short Circuit-like head.

This is, as the kids would say, a "selfie," a photo taken with the intent to post it to social media sites.

—Alexis Madrigal, " Mars Curiosity Rover Takes a Selfie: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/12/09/mars-curiosity-rover-takes-a-selfie/262181/," The Atlantic, September 10, 2012

Log on to twitter, type in the hashtag \#selfies, and watch as a stream of photo links appear. Every minute or two a new one pops up: a teen in a summer dress, a man wearing earrings and a crucifix, a woman in large aviator glasses, a girl with pale blue eyes staring out from the screen.

A selfie is a photo someone takes of themselves, usually on a smartphone.

—Larissa Nicholson, " Look-at-me generation: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/lookatme-generation-20120908-25ky2.html," Canberra Times, September 9, 2012

[Y]ou're great at being imaginative and acrobatic in your posing btw. and yeah, my selfies are usually late or early.

—maryanne_b, "Oh please, like you never got inspired at midnight and took a weird self-portrait by balancing your camera on a boot someone left in the hallway" ( comment: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jstar/211481302/\#comment72157594231353241), Flickr, August 9, 2006