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velfie

UK/ˈvɛlfi/

velfie noun: a video selfie.

Noun

velfie (plural velfies)

  1. (India, neologism) A video selfie.
    • There are duckface selfies, velfies, melfies, and what have you.March 2015, Digit, Siddharth Parwatay, "From Selfies to Selflessness", p. 3
    • 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.7/10/2015, Voice of Asia, Peter Hutchison, "When a selfie is not enough: India abuzz over 'velfie' craze", p. 14

Forms of velfie

pluralvelfies

Origin of velfie

Blend of video + selfie.

Words that rhyme with velfie

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about velfie

What does velfie mean?
Velfie means a video selfie.
What part of speech is velfie?
Velfie is a noun.
How do you pronounce velfie?
Velfie is pronounced /ˈvɛlfi/ (UK).
What is the plural of velfie?
The plural of velfie is velfies.

Words near velfie in the dictionary

  1. Veletzos
  2. Veletzoses
  3. Veley
  4. Veleys
  5. Velez
  6. velfie
  7. velfies
  8. Velhan
  9. velic
  10. Velics
  11. Velie

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