Gigil. This is the new word added to dictionary of Oxford.
The word gigil (pronounced ghee-gill) is part of a list of “untranslated” words or words that do not have English equivalents, added to the English Oxford Dictionary, notes the BBC.
There are times when our eyes see something so beautiful and cute that we feel we have an irresistible desire to take it a tight embrace or pinch it. Now, this feeling can be described in a single word: gigil.
If you fall on the most cutest puppy, the sweetest kitten crushing on Instagram or see a photo of your newborn nephew, you can just say: gigil.
It is derived from the Tagalog of the Philippines, Gigil is a “Feel so intense that it creates the irresistible desire to embrace tightly with our hands, to tighten our teeth and to pinch or tighten anyone or whatever we consider so adorable.”
As the BBC reports, Alamak, a spoken exclamation mark used to convey surprise or rage to Singapore and Malaysia, was also on the list.
“Wouldn’t it be useful for English speakers to have a specific word for sunlight falling on the leaves … or a word for the action of sitting out enjoying a beer?” He mentioned the English Oxford Dictionary in his latest update.
People who speak English alongside other languages cover vocabulary gaps “borrowing the untranslated word from another language”. When they do it quite often, the borrowing word “becomes part of their vocabulary,” the dictionary says.
In addition to Gigil, the words recently added to the Philippines include the National Videoke Hobby, the local version of karaoke including a scoring system and Salakot, a lightweight hat with a wide cornice often used by farmers.