CORNROW

Etymology

Noun

cornrow (plural cornrows)

A hairstyle, of African origin, having rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp

Verb

cornrow (third-person singular simple present cornrows, present participle cornrowing, simple past and past participle cornrowed)

To braid the hair in this fashion.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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