Dogs are better pets than cats for many reasons. Dogs are a man's best friend and can learn tricks. Dogs will get you things when you ask them to. Dogs will go walking or running with you to help keep you in shape. Dogs like to cuddle and protect their owners.

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If you invent a new word and enough people like it, you may find it in the dictionary. Dictionaries add new words as they come into common use. The fancy word for a brand-new word is “neologism.”In 2011, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary added some neologisms you probably know, such as “tweet,” “fist bump,” and “social media.”

Some of the new words may not be so familiar.

· “Planking” is a game of lying face down, hands at your sides, in the most unusual place you can think of, and having your picture taken and posted on the internet.

· A “bromance” is a close friendship – but not a romance – between two men.

· A “robocall” is a call made automatically by a machine repeating a taped message.

· A “helicopter parent” is one who hovers over their children, becoming much too involved in their lives.

· And “crowdsourcing”? That’s the way many people can each do a little bit of a very large project. The country of Iceland, for example, is crowdsourcing a new constitution for their country, so if you have an idea about what they ought to include, you can go online and send them your suggestion.

At the same time new words are being added, old words that are no longer widely recognized are dropped from the dictionary. This year, the dictionary deleted the words “growlery” (a room where you can go to complain) and “brabble” (another word for squabble). If you haven’t heard those words before, you probably won’t miss them!

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I will tell you how to make a perfect peanut butter sandwich. Start with the freshest bread you can find. Take the two pieces of bread. Add a good-sized scoop of crunchy peanut butter, and be sure to spread it on both pieces of bread. Find a jar of your favorite jam. Use slightly less jam than peanut butter, and spread it on only one slice of bread.

Put the two slices together and cut the sandwich in half. Enjoy.

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