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June 13 2011
SELFIE [sell-fee] – photo taken by the camera’s owner in order to commemorate the moment, or verify their encounter with a celebrity. [Modern corruption of self-portrait.] Justin Bieber must be sorely jaded by his fans taking umpteen selfies with him.
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DC — 13 June at 12:21AM
Fleiss changed direction about her own reproduction
RM — 13 June at 07:21AM
Point brownie one-eighty, first!
DC — 13 June at 08:13AM
Beautiful.
JPR — 13 June at 10:52AM
Defiles, beheads, spoils: snapping back?
JPR — 13 June at 12:59PM
"Stalking-proof snaps" feeling?
[pushing the signpost boundaries a bit here?]
RV — 13 June at 01:04PM
If backstabbed, Monica mostly refers to modern practice of shooting celebrities.
JPR — 13 June at 04:00PM
Like Ximenes snapping thrashing bout, sadistic 'educator' loves flesh, it excites to start with?
RK — 13 June at 06:15PM
Never done a Spoonerism before, so here goes:
Spooner tripped divine celebrity, and I snapped
RM — 13 June at 08:52PM
Thanks, @DC.
SK — 14 June at 07:29AM
Ego shot by mobile phone charge account
DA — 14 June at 09:46AM
Love 'I snapped' as a loose definition, RK.
Re RM's clue, I fear I'm missing the point, which may reflect a long-weekend hangover. Can someone enlighten me?
Also applaud the pun approach, SK, since the practice of self-photography is prone to some comical definition treatments.
(Against this tack, of course, is the relative unfamiliarity of the answer, which is a serial WoW aspect.)
Here's another pun stab:
Capitalisation of the I in iPhone?
DC — 14 June at 09:51AM
RM is pointing the camera (brownie) backwards.
DA — 14 June at 09:59AM
Ah, that bronwie. I was torn between a biscuit and a pixie, for some reason. Derr. Thanks DC, and a shrewd bid, RM.
JPR — 14 June at 01:44PM
Isherwood by Isherwood displayed by tinsel fiend Sally Bowles?