Citations:healthie

English citations of healthie

Noun: "(slang) a selfie taken during a workout session, typically to show one's commitment to health and fitness"

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• 2013, Nadia Salemme, "Are 'healthies' the new celebrity 'selfies'?", News.com.au, 10 July 2013:

  Celebrity fans of healthies, including the Kardashians, Heidi Klum, Bar Refaeli, Snooki and Parks and Recreation actor Chris Pratt, who posted a healthie of his toned body yesterday, do it regularly on their Instagram feeds.

• 2013, Katy Winter, "Sick of celebrity selfies? Brace yourself for the new trend in social networking narcissism: The oh-so-sickening 'healthie'", Daily Mail, 12 August 2013:

  Dubbed the 'healthie', this new form of photobragging sees celebrities posting rather self-satisfied photos of themselves working out their slim and toned bodies.

• 2013, "50 Coolest Things in Health", Women's Health, November/December 2013, page 95:

  Healthies are about showboating your exercise credentials to inspire others.

• 2013, Linda Sharkey, "The best (and worst) of Instagram in 2013", The Independent, 14 December 2013:

  Instagram has brought us selfies, belfies, healthies, #tbt and many more social trends.

• 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.

• 2015, "#Instagrub", Woman This Month (Bahrain edition), Issue 143, January 2015, page 33:

  First came the selfies, then came the healthies.