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A Chinese company is offering its employees 10 "unhappy days" off. There's a new word that means "overhwlemed by cuteness." ...
If you’ve ever experienced the indescribable feeling of being so overwhelmed by cuteness that it almost seems unbearable, ...
Taken from the Philippines’ Tagalog language, ‘Gigil’ (pronounced ghee-gill) describes a ‘feeling so intense that it gives us the irresistible urge to tightly clench our hands, grit our teeth, and ...
Gigil, a Philippine word added to the Oxford English Dictionary, decribes the feeling we get when we see someone or something cute Ever found yourself speechless in the presence of overwhelming ...
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Next time a non-Filipino asks you for a definition of the Filipino word gigil,” refer them to the online Oxford English ...
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added the word gigil to its lexicon. The Tagalog word from the Philippines, ...
Well, that’s what being gigil feels like, and now it has been officially included in the Oxford English Dictionary. According ...
This March, gigil was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as the newest Filipino word in the Philippine English category.
The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words four times a year. This month, it's "gigil," an overwhelming need to squeeze ...
Struggling to describe the moment when you come across something cute? Well, not any longer. There is a word for it now, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The expression is called Gigil ...
IN the March 2025 edition of the Oxford Essential Dictionary (OED), 11 Filipino words made it to the list. This isn’t ...