The Oxford English Dictionary adds 42 new words in March 2025, including 'gigil' from Tagalog, Irish slang, and South African ...

In a new dictionary entry, an example sentence reads: "Amazing landing amidst heavy wind! Wah, so terror lah." ...

They are among untranslatable words from Singapore and Malaysia that made it into the newest edition. Read more at ...

Taken from the Philippines’ Tagalog language, ‘Gigil’ (pronounced ghee-gill) describes a ‘feeling so intense that it gives us ...

One of the them is a word we’re all too familiar with – Alamak – which is used to convey surprise, shock, or dismay.

Lacking a word for that sensation when something is so cute you just can't handle it? Missing that special term for the moron ...

Another Philippine English entry includes ‘lumpia’, the name of any of various types of East and Southeast Asian spring rolls ...

It says these words, while commonly used by English speakers, cannot be directly translated into any other language.

Oxford Languages, a part of Oxford University Press, announces its latest Oxford English Dictionary (OED) update, consisting ...

Oxford Languages has announced today its latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), featuring several loanwords ...