South Africa and Ireland — that were added to the Oxford English Dictionary on Thursday, according to a post on the dictionary’s website. These words, according to Oxford, were determined to ...

Eleven Filipino words, including ‘Gigil’ and ‘Videoke,’ were added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its March 2025 update. In a commentary posted on its website, the Oxford English Dictionary ...

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 ...