Kilig kilig

· from Tagalog

What does kilig mean?

Kilig is the Tagalog word for the giddy, fluttery rush you feel when something romantic happens, to you or on screen.

Filipinos use it for crush moments, romantic films and celebrity love teams. It can be a noun or adjective, as in kinikilig ako (I am feeling kilig). The Oxford English Dictionary added it in 2016.

Examples

Kinikilig ako! (I am so thrilled, giddy!); nakakakilig (thrilling, swoon-worthy)

Kungfucius says: Kilig: butterflies, but they have been to a K-drama marathon.