“自撮り”での事故死、最多はインド ー killfie

“自撮り”という言葉はすっかり定着しましたが、英語の"selfie"は2013年のWord of the Yearでした。

最近の統計によると、自撮りの最中に事故に遭って死亡するケースは増加の一途を辿っており、国別で見るとインドで最多となっているそうです。


More people are dying for the perfect selfie.

A new study – titled, “Me, Myself and My Killfie: Characterizing and Preventing Selfie Deaths” – found that 127 people have died in a 29-month span through last September while trying to get photos of themselves at dangerous or exotic locations. The overwhelming majority of the deaths compiled by researchers occurred in India, where 76 people died. In the United States, there were eight selfie-related deaths.
(Joshua Rhett Miller. Selfie deaths are slowly rising around the world. New York Post. November 21, 2016.)


死因のトップは、ビルや山など高所からの転落によるものが占め、こうした自撮りでの事故死が絶えないことから、"selfie"ならぬ、"killfie"という言葉が使われるようになっています。


In the world’s first in-depth study into “selfie deaths”, academics from three universities set out to understand why people end up dying whilst taking pictures of themselves.

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They claimed the first "killfie" took place in 2014, with the death toll quickly accelerating.
(Jasper Hamil. Academics reveal the exact number of people who’ve been killed whilst taking selfies. The Sun. November 9, 2016.)


改めて説明するまでも無く、"killfie"とは"kill"と"selfie"のかばん語ですね。