Shashi Tharoor’s command of the English language is acknowledged even within his own party, so much so that Congress ...

A uniquely New England word made it into the Oxford English Dictionary on this date 10 years ago. The moniker is generally ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has announced that no less than 13 Scottish words have been added to this year's edition. And ...

According to the Oxford English Dictionary's website, the earlier evidence for the use of beddy-baw is from the Buchan Observer in 1864. It said: "My sonsy wean! My darlin' bairn!

This March, gigil was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as the newest Filipino word in the Philippine English category. But aside from gigil, 10 more Filipino words made it to the list. They are ...

WHEN you see something cute — a baby, an object or an animal, for example, and you feel the urge to squeeze whatever it is, there is now an English word for it. And that word happens to originate from ...

Meanwhile, three of the Philippine English words were added to the dictionary as new definitions of existing words as follows: Load – “Credit purchased for a pay-as-you-go mobile phone. Cf ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has included a list of "untranslatable" words from other languages without English equivalents and gigil is one among them. Edited by: NDTV News Desk World News ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino words like "gigil" and "kababayan" have been included in the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). In the dictionary's first quarter update for ...

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, address ...

Isa na namang Filipino word ang nakapasok sa Oxford English Dictionary. Ito ay ang salitang "gigil," na may dalawang kahulugan para sa mga Pinoy. Ang una ay ang panginginig o paggiling ng mga ngipin ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) calls them “untranslatable words” – those that do not have English equivalents – that have been imported into the English language by speakers to fill a ...