If your brain short circuits when you see something cute, that's gigil

A lexical gap or lacuna is a 'missing word' in the vocabulary of a language – a lack of a single word to describe a concept that can be described in a single word in other languages. Some examples of lexical gaps in English are 'the day after tomorrow' or a gender specific word for 'cousin.' — Read the rest
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