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Why 'gigil' in the Oxford English Dictionary?
Of the many words in Philippine English that made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, nothing has probably received as much ...
Are you familiar with the term Machiavellianism? The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “the employment of cunning and ...
The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words four times a year. This month, it's "gigil," an overwhelming need to squeeze ...
If you’ve ever experienced the indescribable feeling of being so overwhelmed by cuteness that it almost seems unbearable, ...
The two women have lived side-by-side since the 1980s. The great-grandmothers were also born on the same day in 1924 — April ...
Two women who are longtime English neighbors are celebrating their joint 101st birthday, born on the same day in 1924.
In our news wrap Saturday, suspected U.S. airstrikes hit Houthi rebels in Yemen, southern Texas is getting a much-needed break from torrential downpours that caused flooding, a judge ruled against the ...
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'Gigil' goes to the Oxford English Dictionary
WHEN you see something cute — a baby, an object or an animal, for example, and you feel the urge to squeeze whatever it is, ...
In January 2025, the Oxford English Dictionary included a batch of newly adopted words, among which seven were ...
The Oxford English Dictionary released a list of new additions to the lexicon. All of them are words borrowed from other languages due to a lack of a direct equivalent in English. Today, we look at ...
Two next-door neighbors are both celebrating - their 101st birthdays. Josie Church and Anne Wallace-Hadrill have lived ...
The word gigil—a powerful emotional reaction evoked by irresistibly cute or endearing things—has officially made its way into ...