In the Malaysian context, this can be easily illustrated by trying to find similar Malay words in English. 1. Sayang In ...

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

Language is constantly evolving ... or jamming to some timba, these words are now officially part of English. So, next time someone tells you Spanglish isn't "real English," hit 'em with a ...

Taken from the Philippines’ Tagalog language, ‘Gigil’ (pronounced ghee-gill) describes a ‘feeling so intense that it gives us the irresistible urge to tightly clench our hands, grit our teeth, and ...

OED said in its latest update. People who speak English alongside other languages fill lexical gaps by "borrowing the untranslatable word from another language". When they do this often enough ...