Many people have been asking, “What is the English word for kilig?”

Well, to my non-Filipino readers, kilig is that shivery, fuzzy, chilling [positive] feeling that you get when you’re “in love” or infatuated.

To get straight to the point, I think–take note, I said I think–that it is…

twitterpated

What do you think? Sound off on the comments below!

/EDIT 12/03/2008: Hey, I take dibs on this. I was the one who first linked the word kilig with twitterpated on the whole history of the Internet. Please give due credit by linking to this blog entry.

http://darvit.net/2008/08/18/the-english-word-for-kilig

/EDIT 05/31/2009: Also, as for the history and origin of the word “twitterpated”, it is actually a fictitious word coined by the beloved owl in the Disney film, “Bambi”, describing how the animals “get all twitterpated in Spring”. See the youtube video here.