Proof that Jenny is more influential than Miley.

As you may have heard, the Oxford Dictionary added “selfie” to their list of real, actual words this week. Evidently that was the best that 2013 had to offer.

(Dear History Book Writers of the Future,
We’re sorry.
Sincerely,
Everyone Alive in 2013)

According to Time magazine, here’s the justification:

“We don’t enter that many words from pop culture,” says executive editor Steve Kleinedler. “When we do they are ones that tend to be very widespread, very ubiquitous, used without further explanation.” And selfie, he says, is an example of a word that has become organically popular in a short period of time. “It’s a good word that shows the pulse of the nation,” he says.

The pulse of the nation. It is no freaking wonder the whole country is going to pot.

“Selfie” narrowly beat out “twerking,” a word made well-known by the unfortunate performance that we can’t un-see by Miley Cyrus at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, for word of the year.

Miley might be famous for twerking, but we all know who is famous for selfies.

Jenny’s facebook wall pretty much exploded when news of the new official word broke. Who would have thought Jenny was so influential?!? We will definitely have to add this accomplishment to our media kit – I mean, not many bloggers can say that their face single-handedly got a word into the dictionary. This goes to show that Jenny is not only more influential than Miley, but she’s also more influential than me, because not long ago I proposed that “selfie” be among several other incredibly annoying words that should be abolished.

Jenny won this round.

Jenny loves taking pictures of herself not because she’s vain, but because she thinks she looks so damn good all the time. She just can’t resist. She loves her face that. much.

Wait, maybe it is because she’s vain.

Anyway, at her house, the apples aren’t falling far from the tree. Just today she caught Jonah in the act of admiring his reflection. The next thing you know, he’ll be starting his own blog carnival.

At least it’s not a selfie of him twerking.