What you are feeling is gigil. In its latest quarterly update ... or the pleasure of seeing someone or something cute or adorable, typically physically manifested by the tight clenching of ...

silverkblack – stock.adobe.com Originally from Tagalog and also used in Philippine English, “gigil” refers to “a feeling we get when we see someone or something cute,” according to the OED.

There's now a word for it: gigil. Gigil (pronounced ghee-gill) is part of a list of "untranslatable" words, or those that do not have English equivalents, that have been added to the Oxford ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially added the Tagalog word "gigil," which describes the intense urge to pinch or squeeze something overwhelmingly cute. This unique emotional ...

Ang pangalawa ay panggigigil, halimbawa sa isang cute baby, kaya nasasabi ang, "Nakakagigil! Ang sarap pisilin ng pisngi." Sa Oxford English Dictionary, ganito ang naging kahulugan ng gigil bilang ...

Also “salakot” and “Pinoys”. Gigil means an intense, overwhelming feeling when encountering something cute or adorable. It is physically manifested: one clenches his hands, grits his teeth ...

WHEN you see something cute — a baby, an object or an animal, for example, and you feel the urge to squeeze whatever it is, there is now an English word for it. And that word happens to originate from ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several "untranslatable" words, including 'gigil,' a Tagalog term describing intense cuteness. These new words, from diverse global regions ...

You know that feeling when something is so adorable or cute that you just can’t handle it? Well, there's now a word in the OED for it. 'Gigil' (pronounced ghee-gill) is an "untranslatable" word ...

Gigil, a Philippine word added to the Oxford English Dictionary, decribes the feeling we get when we see someone or something cute Ever found yourself speechless in the presence of overwhelming ...