Apparently, surfing the web activates more parts of your brain than reading a book.

They didn’t say anything about the lowering of vocabulary due to a lack of reading.  Still, it gives everyone a little more backup when caught surfing the web at work.  Respond with:

“I was feeling sluggish and uninspired to code this program.  So I surfed for a bit to get my brain activity up.”

It could happen.