In today's world where messages fly fast and attention is short, being able to express yourself clearly is more important than ever. Whether you're answering a question in class, writing an essay, or ...

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 ...

One of late president Ronald Reagan’s favorite jokes was as follows: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Educators and ...

Some of the below terms may be unfamiliar to you now, but they all carry pretty common definitions, per Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com and Oxford Languages. So the words are exceedingly easy to add ...

I love big words. It started when I was a kid and first heard "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." ("Something to say when you don't know what to say," according to ...

Big words, business jargon, and hyperbole intended to pump up your language only have the opposite affect. Check yourself before using any of these. There’s no such word as “irregardless.” The word ...

The new revision of the SAT test gives us a peek at something we Americans don’t always realize about ourselves. We Americans don’t love our language. It can be hard to see that about ourselves, just ...