Have you been able to see something as sweet as a baby or a puppy that comes to you…? There is now a word that gives exactly this feeling: gigil. The word gigil is Tagalog – the official language of the Philippines – and expresses the overwhelming feeling that one feels in front of something overly cute, that makes you want to tighten it or make it. And now it is officially part of the English language: added to Oxford English Dictionary, along with 41 other words from different languages of the world, without direct equivalent in English. As Danica Salazar explains in a related New York Times report, “for those who speak English and other languages, it is easy to fill such vocabulary gaps: they simply borrow the right word from another language.” And many times, these words are gradually integrated into English vocabulary, as was the case with gigil. New dictionary additions include words from southeast Asia, the […]
Source: News Beast
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