It's important to use the right words when you want to get your point across. Often, they're the only means of communication available to us.
But expressing nuanced thoughts and feelings through language can be difficult. So let's try to learn from the best!
There's a subreddit called r/OddlySpecific and as the name suggests, its 1.2 million members are dedicated to collecting distinct, precise phrases that strangely make perfect sense.
So continue scrolling to check the best ones they spotted and fire up our first publication on this awesome online community for more.
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Adult Books vs. Kids' Books
Kids books for the win!!!! Can I get some YA novel recommendations with decent plots and non-depressing endings???
Aita?
If you want your speeches to have a stronger impact, American author, columnist, keynote speaker, and former journalist and news anchor Carmine Gallo suggests replacing long words with short ones. "In his groundbreaking book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Nobel economist Daniel Kahneman writes, 'If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.' Effective leaders speak in simple language — and simple means short," Gallo explained.
He said this is especially true during a crisis, when attention spans are flagging and noise levels are high. "People are being bombarded by information, some of which is misleading or false. The clearer and more concise you are, the better your chances of getting your message across and persuading people to act on it."
Billionaires Are Boring
Exactly! I knew a very wealthy family with a 14,000 sq ft home and no roller skates to take advantage of it!
I bet they don’t even skid around in their socks, either? They make me sick.
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If you are a billionaire, how can you *not* have a private jungle island stocked with animatronic dinosaurs?
i want to be enya. living in a castle. with my cats. and my massive fortune. livin the dream
The whole house is just a giant cat tree. The entire layout is an epic cat tree, bridges and all. The furniture is all oversized cat furniture. Then you aren't trying to make your home suit your cats, your home is your cats, just scaled so that they might let you live with them in their house.
Load More Replies... As far as I know, none of the real world billionaires are even trying to be Batman, and that is one more reason to not like them.
I, for one, have no interest in doing the 1000 burpees a day it would take to be batman. Now if I could pay someone to do them for me...
Load More Replies... I had a friend who's dad bought a castle. It took a while to find, but her brothers room had a door with a hidden staircase to the roof.
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I'd certainly rather live with people having a questionable present than a questionable past. Where's the thrill if the paranoia that made gardener Malcolm a serial killer in the eighties already is cured and a huge load of guilt is all that remains? Under regularly smoking opium and talking to people he tries to hide from me, I wouldn't even consider hiring.
Silvio Berlusconi, the former PM of Italy is a quasi-billionaire with... questionable ethics. He used to live in a large renaissance villa with shaped hedges and a personal mausoleum. His groundskeeper for a while was Vittorio Mangano, a Mafia hitman running from the law, who provided political links with the crime families. He "bought" the villa after the previous owner, a nobleman, killed his wife, her lover and committed suicide, so we are covered on the "haunted" side. I write "bought" in commas because he actually scammed the daughter of the nobleman into selling it for a ridiculous price. Interesting story.
Me: "So, what would you like to see first? The replica of the bridge of the USS Enterprise? The wardrobe to Narnia? Or shall we have a drink at the Mended Drum?"
A house full of universes! I would never want to leave.
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Or a f-ukkin slide going from your bedroom to the pool outside! I'd totally have that! LOL!
As I kid, I knew that my adult home would have a fire pole, a creek running through the living room, bookcases that opened to secret rooms, and platforms with pillows high up on the walls that you could only get to by swinging up to them. (I'm grown up and live in a rental apartment.)
Right? Spend that money in interesting things. Make 'em wonder if you're just eccentric or really crazy. Lol
That's my plans if I ever get loads of money tbh. Also a big water garden and backyard floral paradise. Perhaps a garden labyrinth too.
= don't date a billionaire ever! Because you could get sick from the furniture. 😬😉😅
It should be individuals choice how they wanna spend their money and which house to live in.
Have a billionaire (inherited wealth) that lives a mile away from me...the father (now deceased) made their own Golf and Country Club because they didn't like the other options here. Living there is by invitation only. They fly in, by helo, and fly out, for the most part. It's generally a summer residence situated, with some coming in for skiing in the winter. The employees sign papers they won't disclose who is there, when celebrities come up. There is a music video, Hell Of A View, by Eric Church, that was filmed there in the winter of 2020. Then the son bought the land on the other side of the road, rerouted the river, and built a firing range. Delivery service guys say they have ammunition delivered by the pallet. Also has an R8...trying to be Christian Gray or Tony Stark?
I think Kim Kardashian lives in a white cold white refrigerator white mansion. She showed pictures of her Christmas decorations one year, papier mache cones in gray and white. There' a huge long hallway stark white. I would start with rolling a huge red Persian rug down that whole length. I would paint accent walls in every room, have furniture in rich jewel colors everywhere and Christmas decorations that LOOKED like Christmas! What a travesty. She even has an Olympic size pool that she's never swam in.
I’d settle for being a multimillionaire with a decent house and a super kitschy mini golf course in my backyard.
My wealthiest 1% friend has a helipad with frequent use... it's not a moat, but at least it's cool as heck.
Quite A Lesson Indeed
"As you think about how to share your next message, remember that language influenced by the Anglo-Saxon period has been used by many great leaders," Gallo highlighted.
Winston Churchill once said, "The shorter words of a language are usually the more ancient. Their meaning is more ingrained in the national character and they appeal to greater force."
In a memo titled Brevity, Churchill urged government administrators to replace long "woolly phrases" with single conversational words, pointing out that brevity equals clarity and that directness makes things easier to understand.
Brad Bad
Oh Mom
Gay Rights!
Brain
Next, Gallo thinks you should search for analogies. "Neuroscientists have found that our brains process the world by associating the new or unknown with something familiar. When presented with a novel idea, our brains don't ask, 'What is it?' They ask, 'What is it like?'"
"Analogies answer that question. They serve as mental shortcuts that help us understand complex events. Leaders who are great communicators in a crisis are skilled at finding analogies, because they have to persuade people to act quickly."
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Even Average Sounds Extraordinary During Victorian Times
I Can Feel The Hatred In His Words
The human brain is wired for storytelling. In his best-selling book Sapiens, historian Yuval Noah Harari argues that it was only through stories that our species was able to take over the world.
Our advanced language skills — specifically, our ability to connect with one another through narrative — allowed us to cooperate in ways other species simply could not.
It Took Me Longer Than 66 Years
Angry Avocado
Uuh... Fox Title?
Humble Living As A Gnome
I didn't know that this was what I wanted from life until I read it here.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of Health, is widely admired for his straight, persuasive talk. CNN has even called him “a public force” who translates complex medical information into everyday language.
"You don’t want to impress people and razzle-dazzle them with your knowledge," Fauci said. "You just want them to understand what you’re talking about."
The Jeans Discount Is The Cherry On Top
This Will Be A Reality One Day
An Interesting Title
When You Get Flashbacks Of Working Retail
Meanwhile in other countries someone gets praised as a „normal“ or a „peoples person“ for not being born into money/ power.
Because of that, Fauci often limits himself to just three key points. For instance, in an April 5 appearance on Face the Nation, he said the country would be able to relax social-distancing guidelines only when three things were in place: "the ability to test, isolate, and do contact tracing."
Fauci also pointed out that Americans must continue to “physically separate” from one another by doing three things: staying six feet apart, limiting gatherings to 10 or fewer people, and avoiding mass interactions, such as in restaurants, bars, and theaters.
Words are powerful, and the more mindful you are with them, the more they can offer you.
Not A Squirrel!
Keith should try bringing $5 with him to buy lunch instead of bringing his lunch. That is sure to keep the squirrels away
Rbdbdjddn
Road Trips Are So Nostalgic
Pemmaphobia (Cake Phobia)
Smoke
My pointed this out to my dad and he said my grandad (RIP) pointed that out to his (Christian) teacher and got detention for saying that lol
20-20-20 Noted
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Sheeranphobia, An Interesting Disease
Oh Cool
Just last month I saw a bird in the garden and thought...you know, I should get one of those books that bird watchers use.
Whale Sounds
Found On Meirl
Eminems More Positive Cousin
Help Wanted
Wanted, small child. Or possibly a few in case this goes wrong.
I Have Never Made A Doctor's Appointment By Myself
Weird Way To Describe It But I Get The Idea
Driver Carries Only
Sushi No Like Tiktok
The Fact That This Is Not An Exaggeration Makes It Even Better. British Football Chants Are Fun
Same in Greece. And it varies from remarks for opponents' moms to seggsual insults to the team
Living His Best Life
I Can't Say As Though I Disagree
Ok, Josh
As teens my friends and I would steal a few carved pumpkins off porches late Halloween night each year. We would write the address of the house they came from and put it in a Ziploc bag inside the pumpkins then put the pumpkins in a deep freezer. On the night before Thanksgiving we would then take them back to their porches and leave them. We would hear kids talking about it at school wondering about it. Good times!
Connor
That is an insult to Honda Accords. At least a Honda Accord will usually get you there.
No Time To Bleed!
He Got A Real Good Point Tho
Interesting Quiz Options
Exactly! And you know which answer is for which, it's so obvious. Plus, only a small minority of people actually act like a stereotypical introvert/extrovert.
Vegas Ain't Ready For Them
I Also Feel This Way A Bit
I Dont *look* Like A R*pist Or Serial Killer
I live at night, I unfortunately cannot tell you the number of women I’ve seen looking scared to even be out or on public transports. I feel sorry and angry at the world at the same time.
Don’t Steel My Food?
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Thought I'd start the discussion...but I really don't know what to say! Mind blown slightly by all these weirdo things. BP gets odder by the day.....
I have a very important question, how many times did Keith lose his lunch to a squirrel before it was decided that a hungry librarian is bad?
Thought I'd start the discussion...but I really don't know what to say! Mind blown slightly by all these weirdo things. BP gets odder by the day.....
I have a very important question, how many times did Keith lose his lunch to a squirrel before it was decided that a hungry librarian is bad?
