I am sure everyone knows by now I love WORDS and make a list weekly and learn new ones. I added it! You know some people may say this is such a waste of time and stupid for us to do this. However, it can be a most educational experience. I say "FOOEY" on them!!!
Some people will go out of their way to call anything "stupid" that specifically
isn't stupid. Lately on a Trek board, someone's very PO'd that another member started threads on each episode, where many people had good, thoughtful remarks to make. He was convinced that these stupid threads ruined the board, and that we all had to go back to the great old days of poll after poll after poll, and simply saying an episode was 'cool' or 'sucked'.
A larger vocabulary allows you to have better and more complex thoughts, and a wider perspective on your own life. Many thoughts don't occur before one has the words for them. I'm catching up on definitions now because of the Internet and dictionary.com. Even words we're familiar with can have nuances we didn't know about. The more words we carry around in our heads, the more thoughts are possible.