3 Popular Verbs that Mean "to relax" + 3 Popular Relaxation Methods in 🇻🇳🇺🇸

According to The National Day Calendar and Wikipedia, Americans have been celebrating The National Relaxation Day on August, 15 since 1985 — which means that today it's Relaxation Day's 40th Anniversary

@ybeymlina shares her observations on how people relax in 🇻🇳 and 🇺🇸 based on her living experience there. She's also lived in Colombia, France, Turkey, Russia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia — so welcome to keep asking and chatting in comments not to overload the post

🇺🇸 United States – 3 Popular Relaxation Methods
1. Watching Netflix
Staying in to consume favourite shows is super common

2. Great Outdoors
Hiking, picnicking in parks, or taking a roadtrip is a common way to recharge

3. Mindfulness practice
Journalling, therapy, meditation, restorative yoga, reading self-help books are practiced by many to find inner peace

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🇻🇳 Vietnam – 3 Popular Relaxation Methods

1. Midday Naps
A common way to recharge: many people take short midday naps (sleep), often in informal spots like hammocks or even at their desk

2. Group Morning Exercise
Getting up at 4am and exercising in parks, on the beach is super common. In fact, it's as busy in Viet at 5am as in Moscow at 5pm

3. Communal Relaxation
Getting in a big group of extended family and neighbours to have dinner, drink beer, play games is an everyday after passtime after the sunset

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3

Common Informal

Verbs that Mean to Relax

1.

To Unwind

— To relax after work or a stressful situation

"I like to watch a funny TV show to

unwind

after a long day"

2.

To Kick back

— To sit or lie down and relax, often informally

"Let’s just

kick back

and listen to some music tonight"

3.

To Let your hair down

— To relax and enjoy yourself, especially in a more fun and informal way than usual

"At the party, everyone finally

let their hair down

and danced"

Any plans to relax today? If you need ideas on how to relax, you can check out International Relaxation Day's official website, How To Relax section specifically. Our team is going to try progressive muscle relaxation

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🧛 6 Bizzare Job Ttitles on LinkedIn Power Accounts Around the World in 2025

Job titles keep changing fast. In the battle to stand out, job seekers, experts, and mentors come up with creative namings for their mundane job functions. Now you can hire a Chief Vibes Officer, Digital Prophet, Cybersecurity Ninja and more

@EnglishForImpact helps you to stay coolheaded and see the true meaning behind the buzz. Let's dive in!

🫧Talent Wrangler

Followers: 4K
Geo: US 🇺🇸
Job function: HR
Title deconstructed: “Talent” is a synonym for employees or human resources
“Wrangler” is someone who herds or manages unruly animals
“Talent Wrangler” emphasizes HR’s role in skillfully organizing, and guiding people at work

🫧Clarity Whisperer

Followers: 3.3K
Geo: Singapore 🇸🇬
Job function: Career Mentor
Title deconstructed: "Whisperer" is a person who whispers, speaks very softly
"Horse whisperer" is someone who can calm and train wild horses by using gentle voice, patience, and understanding instead of force
“Clarity Whisperer” is a career mentor who gently guides people toward clear decisions and direction

🫧AI Ethics Strategist

Followers: 4.1K
Geo: France 🇫🇷
Job function: Expert, visiting professor, board member
Title deconstructed: Advocates for AI to be aligned with humans based on respect, not dominance

🫧Chief Meme Dealer

Followers: 5.2K
Geo: US 🇺🇸
Job function: Business developer in crypto
Title deconstructed: Leads the spread of memes to build community, attention, and deals. Highlights how humor and viral content are central tools in crypto business growth

🫧Chief Happiness Officer

Followers: 10.3K
Geo: Vietnam 🇻🇳
Job function: HR
Title deconstructed: Creates a workplace where employees feel satisfied, motivated, and cared for. Highlights that HR is not just about rules, but about employee well-being

🫧The Wizard of Light Bulb Moments

Followers: 0.8K
Geo: Turkey 🇹🇷
Job function: Product Strategy
Title deconstructed: "Wizard" is a magician, someone with special powers to make amazing things happen
"Light bulb moment" is the image of a 💡 turning on, meaning a sudden new idea or insight
"Wizard of light bulb moments" is someone who magically sparks or guides big ideas that shape the product’s direction

🧛 Your turn

Which job titles do you find exciting? And which confusing?

What creative job title would you give to yourself? @ybeymlina goes for "Human Flourishing"

3 Pronunciation Hiccups that we Fix for You Today

90% of S2S users have mispronounced these 3 words in August. Good news is our assessors have caught this and brought to the learners' attention in personal feedback reports. Now we share this with you so that you learn from others' mistakes

🔠 Genuine — real, honest, or authentic
"When you say you don't know something, it makes the dialogue more genuine"

/ˈdʒɛn.ju.ɪn/

🔠 Indigenous — The first people who lived in a place, before others came
“The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand”

/ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ə.nəs/

🔠 Pejoratively — in a negative way to make fun of or belittle someone
“Some people use the word ‘nerd’ pejoratively to mock smart kids”
[P again! Attentive readers'll get the insider joke]

/pəˈdʒɔːr.ə.tɪv.li/

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🧛 Gen Alpha and Zoomers're making their way into the Cambridge Dictionary

TIL: "Tradwife," "red flag," "skibidi" and others have made their way to the Cambridge Dictionarry officially. If you're a millenial or even a boomer, pray, do not let your heart be heavy 😂 @EnglishForImpact is your source of youth and timely updates

6 words to keep abreast with the times ;)

🔠 Delulu — Short for "delusional." It means someone is believing something that is obviously not true, usually in a silly or hopeful way. Often used for having unrealistic crushes or wild dreams about becoming famous.

Origin: Popularized by K-Pop fan communities to describe unrealistic fantasies about idols.

🔠 No Cap — "No lie" or "for real." Saying "no cap" means you are being completely honest and not exaggerating.

Origin: "Cap" has been African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) slang for "lie" since the early 1900s. "No cap" became a popular phrase in Atlanta hip-hop and rap music before exploding on social media.

🔠 Rizz — Short for "charisma." It means the ability to attract, charm, and flirt with people smoothly. If you have "rizz," you're good at talking to your crush.

Origin: Coined by streamer Kai Cenat.

🔠 Fanum Tax — Playfully stealing a friend's food. If your friend has a snack, you can jokingly take a bite and call it the "Fanum Tax."

Origin: Comes from streamer Fanum, who was famous for taking food from his streaming friends, especially from Kai Cenat. His community began calling this act the "Fanum Tax."

🔠 Mouse Jiggler — A physical device or software program that makes your computer mouse move slightly on its own. People use them to trick their computer into thinking they are actively working, so it doesn't go to sleep or show them as "away" on messaging apps.

Origin: The term is a literal description of its function. Its use as an office slang term exploded with the rise of remote work, as employees looked for ways to maintain an "active" status while stepped away from their desks.

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☺️ Online VS Offline English Clubs: unbiased review

Anyone still interested in offline education? Weirdly enough, @ybeymlina is. She's even looking for an offline Vietnamese teacher in DN. Could be of Russian, English, or Vietnamese origin, the main requirement is a strong methodological approach. So if you know one, please recommend. With this in mind, she has attended 4 local English speaking clubs to compare their vibes to online offerings. Here're her findings

➕ Pros of offline English clubs

🫧Great to get unglued from the screen after a long day
🫧You really get to see that the attendees have legs!
🫧Nice coconut drinks 🥥 served
🫧Sunset ocean breeze on your face, when not hosted in a stuffy room
🫧Good place to make friends to catch up for brunches after the club

➖ Cons of offline English clubs

🫧It gets quite loud and hard to hear people speak, also you get to shout at the top of your lungs. Good training for primary school teachers, though
🫧Low individual speaking time. Since there are no Zoom break out rooms to speak in pairs, the whole group listens to a few most domineering speakers (usually, it's Yulia)
🫧You only get to practice what you already know, without learning much new. Typically, there're questions to discuss, but no vocabulary input or pronunciation drills involved
🫧No feedback from the facilitator

Overall, there're 5 Pros and 4 Cons of offline English clubs 😂 If you set out to make new friends and socially unwind, opt for offline clubs. If your goal is to boost up your vocabulary and speaking skills from Intermediate+ level and above, our online club is the choice

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Wishing you a great weekend from the Never Ending Summerland