Welcome to the final entry of Word Woman for 2009! I'm looking forward to digging up new words to share with you in 2010. It might interest you to know that Word Woman has been busy expanding your vocabulary for just over two years now. That's a lot of words! Exactly how many I'm not sure at the moment, but one of my New Year's resolutions is to look back and create a list of all the words we've shared so far. Does anyone else out there have a New Year's resolution for 2010? I'd love to hear about it if you do. In the meantime, here is the Word of Week to give you something to think about:
Bois de vache: French for cow chips, or buffalo manure (later cow manure), used as a fuel; literally, wood of the cow; Americanized to bodewash. Making fires with buffalo chips was a necessity on the plains because trees were few and far between. -- "Dictionary of the American West", Winifred Blevins, Facts on File, Inc., New York, 1993.
Example: "To put it politely," Amanda told Steven, "I consider your excuse for forgetting our anniversary to be sheer bois de vache."
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