If you misuse these 11 words on a regular basis, you may come across as uneducated, even if you're actually very smart. From ...

Difficult discussions often bring tension and uncomfortable silences. People struggle to find the right words when emotions ...

In the world of effective communication, clarity, precision, and confidence are paramount. While vocabulary size often gets the spotlight, true linguistic prowess also lies in what you don't say, and ...

In your last casual chat with a coworker, you were left thinking, “Wow, I wish I could speak like that,” or even, “How on Earth does she even know so many intelligent words?!” Some of us are even self ...

It’s not uncommon for people to assume the bigger the word, the smarter the person saying it is. Big words have a reputation for being used by only the most intelligent and professional individuals.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. There are two ways to appear smart look it or sound it. Looking smart is OK, but if it ends when you ...

You may be trying to be sympathetic, but pointing out that someone looks tired is just another way of saying “Wow, you look like crap!” Nobody wants to hear it, and saying it just makes you sound ...

Have you ever had a conversation and said something that you immediately regret? It’s happened to the best of us at one point or another, but that’s not usually the norm for intelligent people who ...

Tiffany Watt Smith can help. I recently came across a podcast interview on the Brian Lehrer show, where Smith talked about her new book: The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty–154 ...

Over at Lingua Franca today, Ben Yagoda has presented an early candidate for the much deliberated, hotly contested Word of the Year, and his choice is smart. Why smart? He's not talking about smart ...