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selca

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Korean 셀카 (selka), from English self + camera.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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selca (plural selcas)

  1. (South Korean idol fandom) A photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie.
    • 2017, Dinna Chan Vasquez, "Let me take a selfie", BusinessMirror, 19 August 2016, page A10:
      My daughter and her friends take the best selcas and that's even before they use filters.
    • 2018, Adrian Besley, BTS: Icons of K-Pop, unnumbered page:
      Jimin's selca (selfie) obsession provides ARMY with a wealth of glorious photos.
    • 2019, Katy Sprinkel, The Big Book of BTS: The Deluxe Unofficial Bangtan Book, unnumbered page (image caption):
      Fans take selcas with cutouts of BTS wearing traditional Korean garb—hanbok—at an exhibit of the 2018 Gangnam Festival.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:selca.

References

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  1. ^ Jieun Kiaer, Translingual Words: An East Asian Lexical Encounter with English, page 72

Anagrams

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