THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Communication

"Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger." - Chinese Proverb

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Replace Meaningless Words with Meaningful Ones

In response to a prior blog post about meaningless words, commenter Brett wrote, "It would be interesting to see those words and phrases that do inspire confidence and trust. That would be a great follow up." Here you go, Brett (and Aggressive Reader, who seconded Brett's suggestion). This discussion of meaningful words is primarily about replacements for weak, meaningless ones, while the prior discussion was about the complete elimination of condescending, insulting or self-deprecating ones.

Read on

LATEST ARRIVALS

The Penguin Dictionary of Economics (Eighth Edition) by Graham Bannock and R. E. Baxter