Thanks to the omnipotence of social media, selfies have become an art form, and the word has even been included in the French dictionary. But did you know that there are a phenomenal amount of derivatives of selfies on social networks.
Indeed, in absolute terms and etymologically, a selfie means “a photo of oneself” (self meaning self in English)… But the term has long been misused to refer to different types of portraits…
Rest assured, some purists have gone so far as to invent words adapted to each type of selfie. The infographic below lists a large number of them and indicates the number of times the corresponding hashtag has appeared on Instagram.
If the traditional selfie wins with more than 300 million occurrences, you will be very happy to discover the 270 belfies present on the network and which are in reality selfies of buttocks (of butt in English).
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Article updated on March 3, 2021 by Byothe
