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[C] “Selfie” is the 2013 word of the year, edging out some stiff competition from“twerk.”Selfie is defined as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically onetaken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.” In 2013it evolved from a social media buzzword to mainstream shorthand for a self-portraitphoto.The earliest known usage of the word was traced to an Australian online forumpost in September 2002. Social media sites helped to popularize the term, with thehashtag selfie appearing on the photo-sharing website Flickr as early as 2004, butusage wasn’t widespread until 2012, when selfie was being used commonly inmainstream media sources.Australian English has something of a penchant for –ie words—barbie forbarbecue, firie for firefighter, tinnie for a can of beer—so this helps to support theevidence for selfie having originated in Australia.Selfie is not in the Oxford English Dictionary but the multi-volume dictionaryis currently considering the term for inclusion.The other words on the shortlist for word of the year were bedroom tax (opponents’term for a British welfare policy change), bingewatch (watching multiple televisionepisodes in succession), bitcoin (a digital currency), olinguito (South American mammal),schmeat (synthetic meat), showrooming (looking at items in shops then buying online)and twerk. The verb to twerk was described as to “dance to popular music in a sexuallyprovocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance.”
77. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is NOT true?
(A) “Selfie” defeated “twerk” by a narrow margin, becoming the 2013 word of theyear.
(B) To some extent, Aussie English has a special liking for –ie words.
(C) “Selfie” was coined by the media in Australia in 2002.
(D) The term “selfie” has not yet been included in the Oxford English Dictionary.

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答案：C[無官方正解]
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(2),C(6),D(0),E(0)

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