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Something Rhymes with Purple

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Photo Bombing - What Is the Origin of Selfie?

Selfie was oxford dictionary's word of the year as well, i think in the last decade. The first reference we have of it is from an australian forum post. People often do photo bomb - simply appearing in somebody else's photograph they're trying to take a selfi and there you are poking your face in. There's a japanese word for out of focus, that some people use, boke boke. I'm not completely sure how to pronounce that, but, yes, so that's new for me,. given that i'm not actually a photographer, but i've heard of that word yet.

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