As someone who’s originally from Southern California and now lives in the South, it’s not uncommon for me to get Valley girl comments. I have a habit of throwing in a quick “you know, like” or “so ...

Macros (protein, carbs, and fat) are primary nutrients our bodies need in large amounts. Counting macros is a popular way to monitor your intake, track your nutrition, and ensure you’re getting the ...

This post is part of a mini-series on seven foundational principles for living the grateful life. Click here to read about the first—the principle of gifts. If I could ask you just one question to ...

PICKING A WORD of the year is not easy. In the past the American Dialect Society has gone with “tender-age shelters” (2018) and “-ussy” (2022). The Oxford English Dictionary (oed) has caused ...

You might deem it self-evident that words should have meanings, but a growing number of people believe words can mean anything the speaker wants. It seems we now inhabit the fictional world imagined ...

You hand out a new assignment—the directions are clear, the task is solid, and you think, They’re going to crush this. Five minutes later, a few students are already checked out, pencils still, eyes ...

Are too many filler words detracting from your message when you give presentations or pitch investors or customers? Punctuating your message with words and phrases such as “um,” “uh,” “you know,” ...

It’s rare for a dictionary to claim that a word has no definition. But that’s what Dictionary.com said about its recently announced word of the year: “67,” pronounced “six-seven,” the slang term that ...

I am aware this topic has been raised in the past, but I haven't seen a solution. I am trying to set the Word paragraph style (let's say "Style") to a particular cell in the flextable. "Style" is ...

Abstract: Existing bathymetric simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) methods predominantly rely on odometry information for loop closure detection, which has a deteriorating performance when ...

The Department of Energy has told employees to avoid using certain words, including "climate change," "green" and "sustainable," according to an internal email sent to staff and obtained by NPR. The ...

Chris is a writer and editor with over 10 years of experience covering games and has a bachelor's degree in History from the University of Central Lancashire. He's mainly focused on guides, but has ...