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selfie vs selfies

Both 'selfie' and 'selfies' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Selfie' is the singular form used to refer to a single self-portrait photograph taken by oneself. 'Selfies' is the plural form used when referring to multiple self-portrait photographs.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 3989 views

selfie

This is the singular form used to refer to a single self-portrait photograph taken by oneself.

Use 'selfie' when referring to a single self-portrait photograph taken by oneself.

Examples:

She took a selfie at the beach.
He posted a selfie on social media.

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This selfie, in front of that table.
Somebody must have posted a selfie, a video, something.
Take a selfie like we're a couple on a date.
The one who sends the ugliest selfie wins.
He has a selfie with his murderer.
Let's get a four-way bald selfie.
I took a selfie with a skeleton in my office.
Look into the photos for our selfie.
'Cause then it wouldn't be a selfie.
Let's have a goodbye selfie for your kids.
I'll send my son a sad selfie.
'Cause doing a selfie meant something different in my day.
You need to take a selfie to prove it.
Okay, we have to thank our fans with a selfie.
He's commenting on her vanity, which explains the selfie.
Charles Lorne posted a selfie with Tara just hours before her murder.
Just an autograph or a selfie.
Can I take a selfie for my Instagram?
I'm trying to take a pretend selfie in a fake club to make my girlfriend jealous.
Okay, the most beautiful moment of my life was when I got a selfie with Gayle King on that flight.

Alternatives:

self-portrait
self-taken photo
selfie picture
self-captured image
selfie shot

selfies

This is the plural form used when referring to multiple self-portrait photographs.

Use 'selfies' when referring to multiple self-portrait photographs taken by oneself.

Examples:

She has a collection of selfies from her travels.
They often take selfies together.

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This girl needs a lesson in selfies.
They're like a wedding photographer who only takes selfies.
It's not just selfies, all right?
My whole life, I mean... with video selfies.
There's not even any selfies.
Cellphones are for more than just posting selfies.
I was drowning in a sea of selfies and self-pity.
CNN even does a column dedicated to selfies of the week.
So the unsub's putting these images on people's selfies.
No wedding selfies, today's about focusing on a other beauty.
Then why do you have their selfies?
I just realized I got so good at taking selfies, I wasn't feeling challenged anymore.
Rihanna posts topless selfies all the time and has, like, 35 million followers.
I mean, look at Missy Bowers' cluster of selfies - she took a ton at the karaoke bar near the university.
We looked through those irritating selfies you sent us, and in the background of three of them was an ice cream truck.
She's been e-mailing suggestive selfies to a man named Dave since March 27th.
I'm not taking selfies with your insides when I've got a job to do.
Well, her Instagram is flooded with selfies of her and another girl.
I don't consider myself a vain person, although others might if I wallpaper my home with selfies.
Recent studies have linked the excessive taking of selfies to narcissism, addiction, even mental illness.

Alternatives:

self-portrait photographs
self-taken photos
selfie pictures
self-captured images
selfie shots

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