selca

selca

See also: Selca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 셀카 (selka), from English self + camera.[1]

Noun

selca (plural selcas)

1. (chiefly South Korean pop culture fandom slang) A photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie.
   • 2017, Dinna Chan Vasquez, "Let me take a selfie", BusinessMirror, 19 August 2016, page A10:

     My daughter and her friends take the best selcas and that's even before they use filters.

   • 2018, Adrian Besley, BTS: Icons of K-Pop, unnumbered page:

     Jimin's selca (selfie) obsession provides ARMY with a wealth of glorious photos.

   • 2019, Katy Sprinkel, The Big Book of BTS: The Deluxe Unofficial Bangtan Book, unnumbered page (image caption):

     Fans take selcas with cutouts of BTS wearing traditional Korean garb—hanbok—at an exhibit of the 2018 Gangnam Festival.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:selca.

References

1. Jieun Kiaer, Translingual Words: An East Asian Lexical Encounter with English, page 72