At age 50, I qualified for my AARP Card, entitling me to senior citizen discounts. Years later, I earned my Curmudgeon Card. This license allows us old folks to complain about even the smallest, most ...

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How can you improve your speaking style, and your level of success? Drop the upspeak (when your statement sounds like a question) and the vocal fry (also known as creaky voice), says Valerie Burton, ...

"If you say 'like' one more time, I'm gonna lose my shit." These were the words uttered to me through gritted teeth as I sat in green plastic patio furniture on a humid summer night a few years back.

Maybe this is just one of my pet peeves as a college instructor who works with 20-something-year-old students. But upspeak, as it is called, is not what makes my worth living. It makes me cringe. Per ...

Tracy Flick references have abounded lately, Meredith . The New York Observer has a piece in which the famously strident character is likened to Sen. Kristen Gillibrand ( a common comparison Emily ...

Journalist Jessica Grose is no stranger to criticism of her voice. When she was co-hosting the Slate podcast, the DoubleX Gabfest, she would receive emails complaining about her "upspeak" — a tendency ...

Some people are annoyed by upspeak: the habit of making a sentence sound like a question? But actually, being able to change intonation in speech – as in upspeak – may be a sign of superior empathy? A ...

Upspeak for $500 please, Alex? Jeopardy! contestant Laura Ashby is causing quite a stir on the Internet — and not because she’s brilliant and was the reigning champ going into the Tuesday, Nov. 24, ...