The word selfie is now Oxford official.  That’s right, “selfie” is now an entry in the Oxford Dictionary defined as: a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.

Whether or not the picture is being posted on a social media site, being sent through text message, or even if it was just taken for fun, selfies are everywhere.

“Girl’s taking selfies doesn’t bother me, but I think it is kind of pointless,” sophomore Ian Engbrock said.

Whoever the girl is, there seems to be a universal face that most girls make when they take a selfie.  Called a “duck face”,  it features a girl looking like she is puckering up for a kiss. Unfortunately, the expression resembles a duck.

“The duck faces just look stupid,” sophomore Garrett Robinson said.  “A picture with a girl smiling is much more classy.”

The surplus of selfies likely found it’s start on Instagram.  Every Sunday, Instagram and Twitter users, who are usually girls, post a photo of themselves under the hashtag #SelfieSunday.  There are nearly 3 million photos under #SelfieSunday posted on Instagram while #SelfieSunday has been Tweeted 91 thousand times in the past 30 days.

The innovation of the front facing camera on mobile phones is one reason selfies have become popular as users can snap a selfie almost instantaneously. With the advances in technology today, a photo can be taken in less than a second. In addition, a photo can be uploaded to social media in approximately a minute.

“I like to take a lot of selfies so I can show people what I am doing at that moment,” sophomore Ally Brown said.