Taken from the Philippines’ Tagalog language, ‘Gigil’ (pronounced ghee-gill) describes a ‘feeling so intense that it gives us ...

Gigil is part of a list of "untranslatable" words, or those that do not have English equivalents, that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary ... from Mandarin and the Cantonese dialect, ...

A dictionary can help you to spell or understand any new words, so it is a fantastic tool to help you improve your English skills ... can be used to look up the meaning of a word.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added new words from various languages, acknowledging their common usage in English.

Struggling to describe the moment when you come across something cute? Well, not any longer. There is a word for it now, ...

This quirky term has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), along with a host of other "untranslatable" words ...

The Oxford English Dictionary adds 42 new words in March 2025, including 'gigil' from Tagalog, Irish slang, and South African ...

Food names form the bulk of additions, but other notables include the Malay expression ‘alamak’ and a colloquial meaning for ...