What's That Word?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Thwart, Pickle, Fluffy: words that sound just right fascinate Joseph Bottum, contributing editor for The Weekly Standard and editor at First Things. He shares his favorites of such words, which he christens these agenbites, (pronounced again bites), and listeners weigh in with their own.

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