14 Simple Word Swaps That’ll Make You Instantly Sound Smarter
According to YourDictionary, replacing "very tired" with "exhausted," "very happy" with "delighted," or "very smart" with ...
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Words you should stop saying if you want to sound intelligent
There’s a big gap between sounding intelligent and just babbling aimlessly. The difference? It’s all about choice.
Want to sound 'smart and well-spoken?' Do these 7 things that 'actually work,' say communication experts
As psychologist Paul Penn put it, "Trying to sound clever is a good way of sounding stupid." Communication experts Kathy and ...
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Words to avoid to sound smart
Between emails, texts, photo captions, and tweets, it has become clear that some of today's best communicators are also the most economical. With less real estate than ever to make a point or ...
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15 words to eliminate from your vocabulary to sound smarter
Newsprint is on life support, emojis are multiplying faster than hungry Gremlins, and 300 million people worldwide strive to make their point in 140 or fewer characters. People don't have the time ...
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Science says using big words to sound sophisticated makes you seem less intelligent
In a poll of 110 Stanford undergrads, most admitted they'd changed the words in an academic essay to sound more intelligent by using complicated language. Chances are good they ended up making ...
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Words to avoid to sound smart
An curved arrow pointing right. Between emails, texts, photo captions, and tweets — it has become clear that some of today's best communicators are also the most economical. With less real ...