'Hatchet Jobs and Hardball': New Political Terms Lexicographer Grant Barrett, editor of Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang, talks about some of the new political slang born from the 2004 presidential election. Hear Barrett and NPR's Tony Cox.

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'Hatchet Jobs and Hardball': New Political Terms

December 10, 200412:00 AM ET

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'Hatchet Jobs and Hardball': New Political Terms

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Lexicographer Grant Barrett, editor of Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang, talks about some of the new political slang born from the 2004 presidential election. Hear Barrett and NPR's Tony Cox.