Whether it's a job or being with friends, big words aren't always meant to be used in everyday conversation. Even if smart people can throw in complex words to show off their intellect, it's not ...

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 ...

Certain words instantly reveal someone who's spent more time reading academic papers than having casual conversations - 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 ...

There are different ways to be smart, as Harvard psychologist Dr. Howard Gardner proposed in 1983 with his theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner believed that there were 8 distinct types of ...

It’s tragic to hear people try to sound smart or educated by using big words. Even more tragic is that people encourage the practice. I guess there’s some logic to thinking that smarter people know ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU) today announced a new Smart Words Prediction feature on its Facemoji Keyboard app, which has been found to increase prediction accuracy for ...

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 ...