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Malaysia’s colourful English stepped into the global linguistic spotlight after words like “alamak” and “tapau” found a home ...
Struggling to describe the moment when you come across something cute? Well, not any longer. There is a word for it now, ...
Taken from the Philippines' Tagalog language, gigil is a "feeling so intense that it gives us the irresistible urge to ...
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially added the Tagalog word "gigil," which describes the intense urge to pinch ...
You experience an emotion where you are so overwhelmed with cuteness that you want to smash it with your own hands but you ...
This quirky term has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), along with a host of other "untranslatable" words ...
Filipino words like "gigil" and "kababayan" have been included in the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Taken from the Philippines’ Tagalog language, ‘Gigil’ (pronounced ghee-gill) describes a ‘feeling so intense that it gives us ...
The Oxford English Dictionary adds 42 new words in March 2025, including 'gigil' from Tagalog, Irish slang, and South African ...
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added new words from various languages, acknowledging their common usage in English.
Now, the latest classic Scots phrase added to the Oxford English Dictionary has been revealed, and this one is associated ...