Likewise, English also has no shortage of loan words from loads of languages, including those from Japanese, such as bokeh, onigiri, emoji, kaizen, futon, tycoon and yes, kawaii.

The Tagalog word “gigil” is among 42 new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary that are untranslatable or have no direct English equivalents. Warning: This beagle might make you gigil.

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. By Gina Cherelus Need a word to emphasize ...

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 ...

By conducting an analysis on the word cute itself, Dr Hazel Price, a lecturer in English Language at the University of Salford, was able to gain a deeper insight in to how we use the word.

I suppose it’s pretty difficult to think of a small human as anything besides “cute.” I was a nugget from birth, weighing in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces, and stretching to a whopping 17 inches ...