Kilig

GLOSSARY

Pronounced, “hee-lig”. A Tagalog term that describes the feelings of exhilaration or elation arise from an interaction with someone one desires or fancies. Kilig can be thought of as the equivalent of ‘fangirling’.

Reference:
Lomas, T. (2018). The flavours of love: A cross‐cultural lexical analysis. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 48(1), 134-152