Taken from the Philippines' Tagalog language, gigil is a "feeling so intense that it gives us the irresistible urge to ...

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added new words from various languages, acknowledging their common usage in English.

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several "untranslatable" words, including 'gigil,' a Tagalog term describing ...

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