The Oxford

Dictionary

Word of the

year.

The contenders.

Showrooming

Schmeat

Onlinguito

Bitcoin

Selfie

Binge-Watch

•Let’s take a selfie.

•I’m going to showroom first, then buy it later.

•In August 2013 the worlds first schmeat hamburger was eaten.

•Onlinguitos come from Colom-bia and Ecuador.

•In the last year the price of bit-coin has risen to over $200

•I have no plans this weekend, so I will just binge-watch Break-ing Bad.

The contenders.

•Write what you think each word means on the space in the worksheet.

•Ask each other the questions ‘What do you think ……………. means?’

•Collect 4 different answers for what each word means.

The contenders.

•Gather your answers and in your group de-cide what the most likely answer for each word is.

•Tell the class what you think the meaning to each word is.

The Winner.

Selfie - a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.

The Answers.

The meanings.

Showrooming

Schmeat

Onlinguito

Bitcoin

Selfie

Binge-Watch

•A picture taken of oneself typi-cally using a smartphone.

•Looking at a product in a shop, then buying the product cheaper on the internet.

•A form of meat produced sy-thetically from biological tissue.

•A small fury mammal discov-ered in August.

•A digital currency.

•To watch multiple episodes of a TV show in succession.

Listen.

1. When was the first recorded use of selfie?

2. Where was the first recorded use of

selfie?

3. Why was the word selfie used?

4. Which websites was it used on first?

5. In the last year how much has usage of

selfie increased?

6. What do you think zeigeist means?

Listen.

1. 2002

2. An internet forum

3. A man blamed the poor quality of a photo

on it being a selfie.

4. Myspace, Flickr

5. 17,000%

6. Defining the spirit or feel of the time

Present.

•Why do you think the word selfie captures

the zeitgeist of 2013?

•Why has it’s usage become more frequent?

•What has enabled selfies to become popu-

lar?