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Film/TV • Conflict of Interest

Who Is Joy Behar's Favorite Gay?

by Bethany Jean Clement • Mar 9, 2010 at 4:07 pm

It's our own Dan Savage, on the teevee with her AGAIN tonight at 6 p.m. (rebroadcast at 9) on HLN.

If you look up "behar" in Merriam-Webster's online, this is what you will find:

Main Entry: Cooch Be·har
Pronunciation: \ˌküch-bə-ˈhär\
Function: geographical name
former state NE India W of Assam; since 1947 attached to West Bengal

Behar is a very funny name, but Cooch Behar is even funnier.

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