GMA News Online — "'Gigil' makes it to Oxford English Dictionary"

Author: Nika Roque/CDC, GMA Integrated News
Publication: GMA News Online (Philippines)
Date: 2025-03-27
URL: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/940736/gigil-makes-it-to-oxford-english-dictionary/story/
Type: secondary (Philippine national news outlet reporting a dictionary-publisher announcement); neutral-to-celebratory stance (national-pride framing typical of Philippine coverage of this event)
Accessed: 2026-09-04

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Quotes the OED definition of gigil directly: "An intense feeling caused by anger, eagerness, or the pleasure of seeing someone or something cute or adorable, typically physically manifested by the tight clenching of hands, gritting of the teeth, trembling of the body, or the pinching or squeezing of the person or thing causing this emotion."
Confirms gigil is listed under the OED's Philippine English category, as both noun and adjective.
Names other Philippine English terms already in the OED prior to this addition: Pinoy, bongga, CR, lumpia, toyo, trapo, kilig, barkada, bakya — useful context that this was not the OED's first Philippine-English intake, and that kilig (a distinct word glossed elsewhere as romantic/giddy excitement, "butterflies") was already present before gigil joined it.
Confirms the March 2025 date for the addition.
No OED editor or linguist quote included.

Byline is a shared/wire-style credit ("Nika Roque/CDC"); no further author biographical detail available from the article itself.
Does not itself list the full March-2025 batch of Philippine-English words (see gmanetwork-2025-gigil-11-words.md-style secondary reporting or the OED's own page, which remains behind this project's standing login-wall fence).