Michigan University Places "Selfie" at Top of 2013 List of Words to Banish
"Selfie" was also Oxford Dictionary's word of the year
"Selfie" was named word of the year by Oxford Dictionary, but isn't getting any love from Michigan's Lake Superior State University.
The word that became popular to describe taking a picture of yourself with a smart phone was the runaway winner in Lake Superior State University's 39th annual list of words people wish would just go away.
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