Learn English – A word to describe the opposite of distant people

Eloquent comes to mind for a well-spoken orator or a good communicator.

The opposite is a little trickier. Searching on thesaurus.com for the antonym of eloquent I found inarticulate and unintelligible though I'd be careful using such terms about your boss. A more tactful way of describing a semi-literate person such as your boss would be to say that he doesn't exactly have a way with words.

The person is smartphone dependent or a smartphone addict. The typical "addict" is a teenager or young adult, between ages ten and 30. They are numerous in all affluent countries and in some developing countries as well.

Read Smartphone dependency: a growing obsession with gadgets

Are you smartphone dependent? What a typical addict tells us about this:

"I'll admit it: I check my smartphone compulsively. And the more I use it, the more often the urge to look at it hits me. Where? In the orthodontist's office. Walking my kids to school. In meetings. Even while making breakfast. Sometimes it is in my hand before I even know what I'm searching for. Sometimes I tap the screen absent mindedly -- looking at my email, a local blogger, my calendar, and Twitter". Health & Balance