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It occurred to me that there is linguistic similarity in the century-apart development of the terms "movie" and "selfie". Both started as common slang terms, a short 2-syllable word with the first syllable of the originating term and "ie" as the second syllable.
moving picture = movie
self picture = selfie

Bruce Long wrote:It occurred to me that there is linguistic similarity in the century-apart development of the terms "movie" and "selfie". Both started as common slang terms, a short 2-syllable word with the first syllable of the originating term and "ie" as the second syllable.
moving picture = movie
self picture = selfie

"Talkie" works, too.