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flag The Oxford English Dictionary added "gigil," a Filipino term for the urge to squeeze something cute, among new words.

flag The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added "gigil," a Filipino term describing the urge to pinch or squeeze something very cute. flag This word joins other "untranslatable" additions like "alamak" from Singapore and Malaysia, meaning surprise or outrage, and "videoke," a Filipino version of karaoke. flag The OED now includes over 600,000 words, with thousands of suggestions considered annually.

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