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Have you ever stumbled across a word from another language that felt like a key unlocking a memory you didn’t know you had?
This May word search brought a fun pause to our usual spring routine. My son liked spotting words like “greenery” and “renewal,” and it gave us a quiet break that didn’t feel like schoolwork. It’s a ...
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 ...
Gigil, a Philippine word added to the Oxford English Dictionary ... which originated from Mandarin and the Cantonese dialect, meaning "to package, or wrap up, food to take away".
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 ...
SMILE: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.” ...
Gigil (pronounced ghee-gill) is among the latest words to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... Cantonese with the inclusion of tapau, meaning "to package, or wrap up, food to ...
A spice bag is an Irish chinese takeaway staple, often accompanied with curry sauce Words including "class" and "spice bag" have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its latest update.
'Alamak', 'nasi lemak' and 'tapau' were some of the words included in Oxford English Dictionary's March update. PHOTO: Pexels, Unsplash PUBLISHED ON March 27, 2025 8:09 AM By Amierul Rashid ...
Print out and fill in your own wall chart for the Women's World Cup 2023. Follow the fixtures and fill in the results as the tournament plays out. England face Columbia in the quarter-finals on ...
Bheek Maangana is a roman term that finds extensive usage in various sentences and different contexts. In English, the bheek maangana is referred to as "Beg" and it is driven by the English language.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... same Philippine region or town as them.” “The word combines the Tagalog prefix ka-, expressing companionship, with -babayan, a variant… of the noun bayan, ...