Word of the Day with Chris Trew
Here to help us expand our vocabulary is comedian, improviser, and comedy club owner Chris Trew. Chris is a comedy person based in New Orleans where he helped “start a comedy scene from scratch” (Vulture). He’s performed in over 60 comedy and music festivals across North America and has been seen on NBA.com, Comedy Central, and GQ Magazine. He was named a “comic to watch” by Paper Magazine and called “out of his f*cking mind” by the Austin Chronicle.
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Today’s word of the day is “hew“, which means to give form or shape to with or as if with an ax.
Did you know: Hew refers to shaping something with a tool (such as an ax), but what does that have to do with conforming or adhering to something? That use of the word was influenced by the phrase "to hew to the line." The "line" is the mark along the length of a log indicating where to chop in order to shape a beam. "Hewing to the line," literally, is cutting along the mark—adhering to it—until the side of the log is squared.
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