Your choice of words might seem random, but linguists and psychologists have discovered that certain verbal patterns betray ...

Words carry weight. In every relationship, whether it’s between partners, friends or family, the way we communicate can either build strong bonds or tear them down. Vile words, in particular, can have ...

A secret language is much more than just words. Source: Photo by Assael Romanelli Co-authored with Galit Romanelli, M.A. It was April 21, 2010. Our first date. Right off the bat, Galit said to me, "If ...

I admit that I am a word nerd who loves to learn new words just for the fun of it. But there’s a serious and practical reason to boost your store of unusual and little-known words even if English was ...

That’s what stumbled out of my mouth as I came home from an early morning appointment. As owners of a small business, my wife and I share responsibilities of running our company, and the household.

We use them every day. We crave them in our relationships. We make promises with them, break hearts over them, and build entire identities around them. And yet, we don’t know what so many of the words ...