Words of the Week - 9/3/09

Word of the Week

Windrow
A windrow is a row of cut (mowed) hay or small grain crop.
Woody debris that has been piled into a long continuous row.

Fake Word of the Week

Johnnywhip
Used in the 1700s in the cotton mills to chastise new recruits hence Johnny being the word for someone new to the area, as in Johnny Come Lately in New Kid In Town. It grew out of favour towards the end of the 1700s and has not been used since.

Welsh Word of the Week

Dyddiadur
English translation: Diary