I read a lot of news articles as you suggested above (NTY and Reuters) on my morning commute, and follow your approach. Whenever I come upon a word I don't know, I immediately go to my free m-w.com app and look it up and star it so I can refer back to it later. I also try to use the word in conversation properly ASAP, which I believe help me retain its meaning and recall it later. Good advice. Great article on an important -- and often ignored -- facet of manliness. My personal favorite is the advice to read on a wide variety of subjects. I've been an avid reader most of my life and it has not only increased my vocabulary, but it has taught me many things about this great big world we live in. You don't have to read "War and Peace", but an article here and there from a hodge-podge of subjects makes it MUCH easier to carry on a conversation. It's very frustrating when you're talking to somebody that has so much to say, and so much that they can contribute to a project, but they don't have the ability to express it. You can tell that they're racking their brain, but just can't find the words. It's not a lack of intelligence, it's a lack of communication skills. Those are the people I try the hardest to encourage to take that next step. Good post! I'm surrounded by a lot of writers who