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To "Hewitt"

By The Daily Dish

Dec 10 2007, 3:46 AM ET

Oliver Willis coins a new word:

"Hewitt": (verb) To spin furiously to the right contrary to objective facts and data to the point of absurdity. Example: George Bush hewitted all over his presidency when he declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq.



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