We've all had this experience: You hear a new word (say, skoosh or spim), kinda-sorta think you know what it means, but then forget it nearly as soon as you've heard it. Why can't you make that newly ...

From The Week, on how to make new words "stick": "Try mind mapping, which is essentially a word association exercise on paper. Take your word-of-the-day and start connecting it to other related words.