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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...