Word Woman

Welcome to another thrilling episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! With the nights growing colder and longer, now is a good time to get back into the reading habit. So pack up the backyard badminton set, pull out your favorite comforter and curl up with a nice, cozy book. Word Woman's book of choice, of course, would be the dictionary - but what are you reading right now? A new novel by your favorite fiction author? A mouth-watering cookbook? A DIY guide to making a great Halloween costume using only carpet remnants and duct tape? Post a comment and let us know! Now, here's the Word of the Week:

Anxious class: [noun] a social stratum primarily worried about its jobs and household economies. -- "Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang", Grant Barrett, Ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 2004.

Example: The current economic downturn has swelled the numbers of the anxious class to truly staggering proportions.