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FatimaSaboor123 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Self-clicked?

Is this noun phrase correct and meaningful?

"Self-clicked photographs"?

  

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It is not a phrase in common use. It sounds like a creative use of language, designed to be different or unusual. It may also be a non-native creation.

  • It is not a phrase in common use.
  • It sounds like a creative use of language, designed to be different or unusual.
  • It may also be a non-native creation.
  • I understand it to mean photographs that one has taken oneself.
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It is not a phrase in common use. It sounds like a creative use of language, designed to be different or unusual. It may also be a non-native creation. I understand it to mean photographs that one has taken oneself. If you mean photographs that one has taken of oneself, i.e. self-portraits, the common word nowadays is "selfie".

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