healthie

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English

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Etymology

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From health +‎ -ie, after the pattern of selfie.

Noun

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healthie (plural healthies)

  1. A selfie taken during a workout session, typically to show one's commitment to health and fitness.
    • 2013, "50 Coolest Things in Health", Women's Health, November/December 2013, page 95:
      Healthies are about showboating your exercise credentials to inspire others.
    • 2014, Karen Villarreal, "Because Selfies", Panorama Magazine (University of Texas–Pan American), Spring 2014, page 26:
      But she understands that sometimes healthies can be misunderstood.
    • 2014 April, Jo Ebsworth, “Healthy selfies”, in Health & Fitness, UK, page 10:
      But the benefits of ‘healthies’ aren’t always positive, with many experts warning these kind of images increase our self-obsession and need for external validation, potentially creating greater body image problems within society.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:healthie.