velfie

English

Etymology

Blend of video +‎ selfie.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛlfi/
• Rhymes: -ɛlfi

Noun

velfie (plural velfies)

1. (neologism, chiefly India) A video selfie.
   • March 2015, Digit, Siddharth Parwatay, "From Selfies to Selflessness", p. 3:

     There are duckface selfies, velfies, melfies, and what have you.

   • 7/10/2015, Voice of Asia, Peter Hutchison, "When a selfie is not enough: India abuzz over 'velfie' craze", p. 14:

     Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes, and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.

   • 10/26/2015, Pakistan Today, "Peace call goes viral", p. 2:

     In the winter of 2014 the writer and ad filmmaker had spun off the first Indian velfie (video selfies) movement with a three-minute film titled Pause that compared the Indo-Pak boundaries to walls between homes and led to a movement called Dear Neighbour that is currently on the trending charts with a spate of #ProfileForPeace messages on its wall.