'Selfie' named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries

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

The editors said the word is now widely used to describe a self-portrait photograph.

The Oxford Dictionaries define a selfie as "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone".

The word has been traced back to 2002 when it was used in an Australian online forum, according to Oxford Dictionaries.