A book set to be released in the U.K. has once again brought attention to the country's colonial history. The book reveals ...

Ilan Stavans is the Lewis Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, the publisher of Restless Books, and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Broken CountryBy Clare Leslie Hall Beth lives in a small, charming village in the English countryside. As a teen during the ...

A rare manuscript version of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, discovered by Dr. Leah Veronese, reveals how the poem was politically ...

It has been used for generations to tell children it's time to get to bed. According to the Oxford English Dictionary's website, the earlier evidence for the use of beddy-baw is from the Buchan ...

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) officially added the Filipino word "gigil" to its lexicon update and Filipinos took to social media to share their ...

This March, gigil was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as the newest Filipino word in the Philippine English category. But aside from gigil, 10 more Filipino words made it to the list. They are ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially added 11 uniquely Filipino words, including gigil, kababayan, and salakot, to its March 2025 update. “A word that appears regularly on lists of ...

And that word happens to originate from the Philippines: "gigil." The word has made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines it as "an intense feeling caused by anger, eagerness or the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino words like "gigil" and "kababayan" have been included in the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). In the dictionary's first quarter update for ...

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 ...

The Oxford English Dictionary continues to update with the addition of words that reflect the dynamic and diverse nature of the English language. (Image/Freepik) Have you ever been left speechless ...