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Decoding 'gigil': One of the new words added to Oxford Dictionary

The Times of India 28 Mar 2025
... harsh, or demanding.119630928Why is the OED including non-English words?This is the first time the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially added new words from languages around the world.
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Non-English Words? Oxford English Dictionary's latest additions are from THESE languages

The Times of India 28 Mar 2025
As per psychologists, gigil, taken from the Philippines' Tagalog language, precisely describes ‘cute aggression’— a feeling so intense that it gives us the irresistible urge to tightly clench our ...
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Gigil: word for ‘cute aggression’ among new Oxford English Dictionary entries

The Observer 27 Mar 2025
Gigil, extracted from the PhilippinesTagalog language, refers to what psychologists describe as cute aggression ... People who speak English alongside other languages fill lexical gaps by “borrowing the untranslatable word from another language”.
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Oxford Dictionary Adds New Words, Including ‘Gigil’ for Extreme Cuteness

New York Times 27 Mar 2025
The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable ... .
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Gigil, alamak among new words added to Oxford Dictionary

Urdu Point 27 Mar 2025
<p>LONDON, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Mar, 2025) Gigil, a Philippine word has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), describing the intense feeling that comes over ...
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What does ‘gigil’ mean? One of the new words added to Oxford Dictionary

Hindustan Times 27 Mar 2025
Originating from Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, gigil describes what psychologists call cute aggression—an overwhelming urge to clench hands, grit teeth, or squeeze something irresistibly adorable.
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From 'alamak' to 'gigil' - the new 'untranslatable' words added to the Oxford Dictionary, but ...

The Daily Mail 27 Mar 2025
New words from around the world have been added to the Oxford Dictionary as they have become so commonplace in the English language (file photo) ... It comes from the Philippines' Tagalog language and is used to describe a very specific feeling.
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Overcome when struck by cuteness? There's a word for that feeling

NBC Bay Area 27 Mar 2025
Borrowed from&nbsp;Tagalog, one of the primary languages of the Philippines, gigil is among 42 words that are untranslatable or have no direct English equivalents that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in March.
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Women and language

The Manila Times 22 Mar 2025
Although one interesting example of gender distinction and language change is the Tagalog "ginoo," which early in the language's history was a respect marker but, in contemporary times, has been the exclusive title for male.
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Cabaero: ICC hiring Cebuano transcribers

Sun Star 22 Mar 2025
Qualifications include proficiency in listening to, understanding and writing Filipino and/or Tagalog and/or Cebuano, working knowledge of English; preferably a professional qualification in the field ...
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Brown Filipino Alliance pushes for new Tagalog language program

The Brown Daily Herald 20 Mar 2025
Now the alliance has its sights set on founding a Tagalog language program ... Tagalog is “a unifying language even among our very, very diverse Filipino culture,” Liwanag said ... Yale will offer Tagalog ...
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ICC looking for Filipino transcribers

The Manila Times 19 Mar 2025
Language Proficiency. Must be proficient in, understand and write Filipino, Tagalog, and/or Cebuano ... Preferably holds a qualification in the field of languages or linguistics; and Experience.
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Wanted: Transcribers proficient in Filipino, Cebuano to do remote work for ICC

The Manila Times 19 Mar 2025
... Office of the Prosecutor Language Services Unit on an individual contractor and short-term basis ... Language Proficiency – Must be proficient in, understand, and write Filipino, Tagalog, and/or Cebuano.
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Rodrigo Duterte should be tried in our country

The Manila Times 19 Mar 2025
Amen ... The need for judicial review ... politics ... Plus, foreign judges and lawyers have limited knowledge of Filipino languages, culture and society — so crucial in evaluating evidence from here. Now the ICC is having to hire Tagalog and Cebuano translators.
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Oscars

The Manila Times 11 Mar 2025
The way I see it, learning a new language should not be any different from how we did our first language ... My first language is Tagalog and I have been speaking it ever since I could remember which means that I just picked it up from my environment.
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