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

Of the many words in Philippine English that made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, nothing has probably received as much ...

Words including "class" and "spice bag" have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its latest update. A number of new words including eight Hiberno-English/Irish-English words have been ...

Newly added Philippine words include videoke, a karaoke-like pastime with a scoring system, and salakot, a wide-brimmed, lightweight hat worn by farmers.

“Sometimes, they do this with enough frequency that the borrowed word eventually becomes part of the vocabulary of their variety of English.” A representative from Oxford did not respond to a ...

Eight Irish English, or Hiberno-English, words that are "untranslatable" or "cannot be translated into another" are included in the Oxford English ... whose diverse vocabulary we discuss in ...

PETALING JAYA: Oxford Languages ... that the borrowed word eventually becomes part of the vocabulary of their variety of English – a few examples of such loan words are featured in this quarter ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... with enough frequency that the borrowed word eventually becomes part of the vocabulary of their variety of English,” executive editor Danica Salazar ...

Their official inclusion reflects the broadening of the English vocabulary to incorporate frequently used foreign terms. After an entire field day with Ghibli, here comes Gigil! The Oxford English ...

Words including "class" and "spice bag" have been added to the Oxford English ... by people who speak English alongside other languages that they have become part of "the vocabulary of their ...