When Brigham French was born at Longview Regional Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rachel and Robert French say they ...

Long considered a special finger, the thumb is emerging from the shadows. And with it, a long-underestimated piece of jewelry ...

It has been used for generations to tell children it's time to get to bed. According to the Oxford English Dictionary's website, the earlier evidence for the use of beddy-baw is from the Buchan ...

This March, gigil was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as the newest Filipino word in the Philippine English category. But aside from gigil, 10 more Filipino words made it to the list. They are ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially added 11 uniquely Filipino words, including gigil, kababayan, and salakot, to its March 2025 update. “A word that appears regularly on lists of ...

And that word happens to originate from the Philippines: "gigil." The word has made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines it as "an intense feeling caused by anger, eagerness or the ...

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 ...

Well, not any longer. There is a word for it now, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The expression is called — Gigil The Oxford English Dictionary has included a list of ...

Gigil is a new word recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The word originates from the Tagalog language, and according to psychologists, it means the urge to squeeze or clench something ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino words like "gigil" and "kababayan" have been included in the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). In the dictionary's first quarter update for ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several "untranslatable" words, including 'gigil,' a Tagalog term describing intense cuteness. These new words, from diverse global regions ...

Yes, overwhelming cuteness can be described using just one word now: gigil. Gigil (pronounced ghee-gill) has become part of a list of “untranslatable" words- those that do not have English equivalents ...