A previous version of this article contained a graphic with the best letter combinations in the wrong order. This graphic has been updated with the correct order. Posts of green, yellow and grey ...

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Lamm’s “History of Music” project details every song on Billboard’s Year-End Hot 100 list since 1960. Each colored rectangle in the visualization represents one song, and each column represents one ...

Literature may paint pictures with words, but ultimately, those words are relatively dull creations. Black print on white paper–maybe you go so far as to diagram a sentence–but no matter what, it’s ...

Have you ever tried to express a complicated feeling or situation, but just couldn’t find the word you needed? Sometimes English just kind of falls flat when you need a really specific but succinct ...

Does the word "innovative" launch you into an eyeroll? Do you heave a sigh at the sight of the word "great"? Maybe you've just read too many press releases. Those words, and 48 more, made Shift ...

Are you a detail-oriented team player who thinks outside the box to develop synergy between departments? If so, please don't write that on your resume. Words and phrases like "team player," "synergy," ...

In the past two weeks, Secretary of State John Kerry has emerged as the Obama administration’s chief public advocate for punitive strikes against Syria. In a whirlwind tour of Sunday news shows and ...

I felt a little better about my own email habits after reading seeing this infographic from Boomerang. The average email user receives 147 messages every day, and spends more than 2 and a half hours ...

Promotional products retailer 4imprint has created a new infographic detailing why businesses could benefit from encouraging people to share content and make personal recommendations. The infographic ...