# Keep a Word, Delete a Word 2.0 (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 29, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663 "2020-06-29T15:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 491
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9805 "2023-05-15T20:56:53Z")
civil liberties ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9806 "2023-05-15T21:47:31Z")
unwonted liberties ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9807 "2023-05-15T22:00:56Z")
sweet liberties ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9808 "2023-05-15T23:20:17Z")
Sweet Charity ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9809 "2023-05-15T23:50:35Z")
sweet dreams ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9810 "2023-05-16T12:26:03Z")
_Sweet Caroline_ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9811 "2023-05-16T15:53:56Z")
sweet corn 🌽 ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9812 "2023-05-16T20:18:51Z")
sweet pea ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9813 "2023-05-16T22:15:17Z")
pea soup ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9814 "2023-05-16T23:44:16Z")
chick pea ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9815 "2023-05-17T00:27:17Z")
hippie chick ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9816 "2023-05-17T00:45:50Z")
hippie generation ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9817 "2023-05-17T01:02:04Z")
Generation X ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9818 "2023-05-17T13:35:12Z")
Malcolm X ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9819 "2023-05-17T15:13:28Z")
_X Files_ Great show ---
**Author:** ![snacklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@snacklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snacklover)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9820 "2023-05-17T15:16:04Z")
confidential files ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9821 "2023-05-17T17:06:27Z")
Welcome aboard, **snacklover**! _L.A. Confidential_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9822 "2023-05-17T17:36:27Z")
(Isn’t L.A. two words?) La Mesa ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9823 "2023-05-17T17:55:12Z")
Mesa, Arizona ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663/9824 "2023-05-17T18:01:10Z")
(The L. without the A. wouldn’t mean the same thing, so I think it’s one “word”). USS _Arizona_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663.md?page=490) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0-part-1/913663.md?page=492)