“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” ~Joseph Addison
The latest edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary will have about 100 new words and expressions. The words are added basically by how much they are used in publications ranging from newspapers to technical manuals. Webinar (live, online educational presentation during which participating viewers can submit questions and comments), netroots (grassroots political activists who communicate via the Internet, especially by blogs), pretexting (presenting oneself as someone else to obtain private information) and Mental health day (day that an employee takes off from work to relieve stress or renew vitality) are a few of the new words or phrases that have been added. If Merriam-Webster can add Mental health day to their dictionary, why can’t they add a Reading health day entry? A Reading health day would be a day when an employee takes off from work to read and read. Wow! Wouldn’t that be great? I will do my part to get this phrase into the dictionary someday by practicing it a lot! I look forward to taking many Reading health days!
Happy Reading! ~Donna
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