Simply mention them and you will see faces screw up, shoulders stiffen and a ripple of revulsion spread through the room. SEE ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added new words from various languages, acknowledging their common usage in English.

Language learners often assume that using rare, complex vocabulary will make their speech sound more fluent. Research ...

Fluency in a foreign language is often thought to be about speaking quickly and using advanced vocabulary. However, researchers reveal that speakers who use common, everyday expressions sound more ...

The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words like 'gigil,' 'alamak,' 'kaya toast,' and 'videoke,' highlighting global ...

Eleven Filipino words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its March 2025 update. In a commentary posted on its ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for ...

Malaysia’s colourful English stepped into the global linguistic spotlight after words like “alamak” and “tapau” found a home ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several "untranslatable" words, including 'gigil,' a Tagalog term describing ...

Taken from the Philippines' Tagalog language, gigil is a "feeling so intense that it gives us the irresistible urge to ...

You might feel silly saying it, but croissant is not pronounced "KROY-sant," "cross-ANT," or "KRUH-sant" it's pronounced "kwah-SAHNT." ...

You experience an emotion where you are so overwhelmed with cuteness that you want to smash it with your own hands but you ...