Browsing through the free USA Today at the hotel, I spotted "mentee" in a headline and outwardly and inwardly frowned.
The story was about mentors and, um, mentees.
Sigh.
Merriam-Webster cites "mentee" dating to 1965 at least.
I'm so old-fashioned.
Mentoree, anyone?
Probably not. No sponsors.
Or sponsees.
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