There's one major news story today sweeping through the city today: selfies. That's according to the local news stations on Twitter, at least, which are picking up the story that "selfie" is Oxford English Dictionary's 2013 word of the year. Some people just love being in front of a camera.
I haven't seen any of their shows this morning — I prefer not to wait for relevant stories to sometimes pop up among the awkward scripted banter and patronizing human interest stories — but I'm sure the selfie-story got some serious airtime today. Only Fox 8 hasn't tweeted about selfies (yet); good for them. Here are the posts either tweeted by the major local news stations or retweeted into their feed.
Selfie-ing with @JasonNWeather It's the word of the year!! #selfie pic.twitter.com/f7aJTNqUZ2
— Jackie Zabielski (@JackieTraffic) November 19, 2013Word of the year: selfie. Here's mine for ya this morning! #early5 pic.twitter.com/E1751uu5bf
— Josh Boose (@JoshBoose) November 19, 2013"Selfie" that would make my mother upset pic.twitter.com/cFkttIIG3O
— Kristin Byrne (@Kristin_Byrne) November 19, 2013So, I wake up to learn #selfie is the #wordoftheyear! Ugh. What does this say about us? #thelist #cleveland #early5 #cheese
— Mike Brookbank (@TheListMike) November 19, 2013So would this be called a groupie, not a selfie? With @MikeDunston, @maciejepson, and @JackieTraffic. pic.twitter.com/fEUVXMUIT0
— Jason Nicholas (@JasonNweather) November 19, 2013"Selfie" is the word of the year! Let's see yours! Chat & show @wkyc @johnWKYC pic.twitter.com/gHVpyJHP5i
— Hollie Strano (@holliesmiles) November 19, 2013Selfie is the word of the year and here's ours. @holliesmiles @wkyc pic.twitter.com/uWU2f9Ipj2
— John Anderson (@johnWKYC) November 19, 2013The word of the year according to the Oxford dictionary is Selfie! Where do u take selfies? @wkyc chat pic.twitter.com/VhLdWxuGpO
— Hollie Strano (@holliesmiles) November 19, 2013SHOW US YOUR SELFIE! 'Selfie' named word of the year #19SELFIE http://t.co/fDGbzyhgvZ pic.twitter.com/sBFDcUXSTJ
— 19 Action News WOIO (@19ActionNews) November 19, 2013Fox 8
No selfie tweets today. Congratulations.
