Topic: 'selfie,' 'hashtag,' 'tweep' entered Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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Merriam-Webster finally entered the digital age Monday, adding a slew of social-media-savvy terms like “selfie,” “hashtag,” and “tweep” to the 2014 update of its collegiate dictionary.

The eleventh edition of the dictionary captures how “technology is being used to understand and motivate behavior,” the lexicographers said in a statement.

If you look up "selfie" in a Merriam-Webster dictionary, you'll find the following definition: "(n., 2002): an image of oneself taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks."


“Selfie” was Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year for 2013 — and it's the title of a new ABC comedy premiering this fall — so Merriam-Webster seems to be following a trend.


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