Thanks, Quiche, I'm honored to have made your list because I don't feel quite so articulate..I just try to choose the most appropiate words I can find to best convey what I'm trying to get accross. This may be because I only started learning english in like fourth grade...maybe it's overcompensation.

Still, as others have mentioned: observing others..and it depends what kind of atmosphere you're in...so like Sombra said, this is where experience comes in. As a teenager you probably don't hang out with a lot of people that speak the way some of us write here. I know I picked up a lot of buzz words once I began my professional career. And, of course, reading as Frisbee suggests..other than that..personal ambition. Some of us still think that being articulate is an impressive quality, but honestly most girls probably don't want to have to carry a dictionary on dates, so there's a time and place for everything, I guess is the message.

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