This March, gigil was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as the newest Filipino word in the Philippine English category.

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

Isa na namang Filipino word ang nakapasok sa Oxford English Dictionary. Ito ay ang salitang "gigil," na may dalawang ...

This article discusses the roots of eight English words that originated from the Philippines, highlighting the rich ...

MANILA, Philippines — Eleven Filipino words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its March 2025 update. In a commentary posted on its website, the Oxford English Dictionary explained ...

The Tagalog word “gigil” is among 42 new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary that are untranslatable or have no direct ...

is part of a list of "untranslatable" words, or those that do not have English equivalents, that have been added to the ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos merely smiled when asked whether the Philippines would rejoin the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), which now ...