'Selfie' is the 2013 Word of the Year

Selfie: The art of taking a picture of yourself, has been dubbed the 2013 Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries. With a huge rise of front facing mobile phone cameras, the word saw a 17,000 percent rise in its usage from a year ago.

Twerk came in at a close second after Miley Cyrus’ now infamous dance routine – which ironically, was a selfie video.