This One Word Makes You Sound Like a Jerk

We’re in the thick of Hollywood awards season, and with it come the acceptance speeches, which are sometimes inspiring, sometimes funny and sometimes downright pretentious.

Which reminds me of a speech Madonna gave at the Golden Globes ceremony a few years ago that will forever live in my memory — all because of an ordinary, everyday word that she utterly drove into the ground.

And The Word Is …

It’s a word I’ve heard used and abused by countless people over the years and it’s like nails on a...