healthie
English
Etymology
health + -ie, after the pattern of selfie.
Noun
healthie (plural healthies)
- 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, Jo Ebsworth, "Healthy selfies", Health & Fitness (UK), April 2014, 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.
- 2013, "50 Coolest Things in Health", Women's Health, November/December 2013, page 95: