Selficide

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Accidental death that occurs while trying to take a selfie in a dangerous environment. countable, informal, uncountable

    "Drowning, being hit by a vehicle[, and] suffering a fall [are] the most common causes of ‘selficide’."

  2. 2
    The metaphorical killing of the self. countable, uncountable

    "Even Dostoevsky's supposedly Christlike character Prince Myshkin ends in a suicide, or more literally, "selficide," […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
killfie

Example

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"Drowning, being hit by a vehicle[, and] suffering a fall [are] the most common causes of ‘selficide’."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From selfie + -cide.

Etymology 2

From self + -icide.

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