Other foreign language additions include utepils - enjoying a beer outside – and komorebi, describing sunlight dappling through leavesHave you ever held a puppy that was so unbelievably fluffy and adorable you didn’t know how to convey the strong urge to squeeze its head without sounding like a maniac? Well, now there’s a word for it: gigil.Gigil (pronounced ghee-gill) is one of the new words that have made it into the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Continue reading...
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added "gigil," a Tagalog word for the urge to pinch or squeeze something adorable (cute aggression). Other new entries include "alamak" (outrage), "tapau" (takeaway), "videoke," "salakot," and food-related terms from Singapore, Malaysia, and other regions. The OED incorporates words from various languages to fill lexical gaps in English.
