In celebration of the ‘Buwan ng Wika’ this August, let us all test our Tagalog prowess with these words that are probably stranger to most of us. Meaning: The natural force of attraction ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. By Gina Cherelus Need a word to emphasize ...

Originally from Tagalog, one of the main languages of the Philippines, gigil is one of 42 new entries in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) this March—each of them words without a direct ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has just included 40 Philippine English terms and expressions in its June 2015 update, the largest single batch of terms from Tagalog and Filipino usage of ...