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 ...

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 ...

If you're tired of seeing your smart speaker light up when you're not talking to it, it's time to give it a new name. Katie covered all things how-to at CNET, with a focus on Social Security and ...

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 ...

The English language could have more words than most comparable world languages — and some of its greatest words don't get the airtime they deserve. "Mollycoddle," "jejune," and "bumfuzzle" are some ...

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 ...

That’s the new featured word in the introduction to “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central. As far as I know, star Stephen Colbert, who struck linguistic gold with “truthiness” in 2005, hasn’t defined ...

My kids make up new words all the time. They are creative, their vocabulary is growing fast, and they cannot always conjure up the right word to describe their feelings or what they are after. But ...