# Keep a Word, Delete a Word **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013 "2015-05-01T15:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1000
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19986 "2018-07-31T20:58:10Z")
Space Balls ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19987 "2018-07-31T21:31:08Z")
Office Space ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19988 "2018-07-31T21:37:19Z")
home office ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19989 "2018-07-31T22:10:51Z")
home alone ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19990 "2018-08-01T02:32:19Z")
nursing home ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19991 "2018-08-01T11:12:20Z")
nursing bra ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19992 "2018-08-01T12:58:38Z")
wonder bra ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19993 "2018-08-01T13:47:07Z")
Wonder Woman ---
**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:** [August 1, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19994 "2018-08-01T14:15:30Z")
boy wonder ---
**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:** [August 1, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19995 "2018-08-01T15:35:06Z")
boy howdy ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19996 "2018-08-01T15:38:08Z")
howdy doody (couldn’t be anything else!) ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19997 "2018-08-01T15:50:00Z")
doody head ---
**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:** [August 1, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19998 "2018-08-01T17:48:23Z")
Nags Head > **[Nags Head, North Carolina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nags_Head,_North_Carolina)** > > Nags Head is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is a busy vacation spot because of its beaches and sand dunes of Jockey's Ridge. The population was 3,146 at the 2020 census. > Early maps of the area show Nags Head as a promontory of land characterized by high sand dunes visible from miles at sea. The origin of the town's name is obscure but it is likely to have been named after any one of the Nag's Heads on the English coast. > A folkloric explanation claims that mules or hors... ---
**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:** [August 1, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19999 "2018-08-01T18:32:45Z")
head waiter ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20000 "2018-08-01T20:39:31Z")
head waters ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20001 "2018-08-01T20:47:59Z")
still waters ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20002 "2018-08-01T23:42:29Z")
still life ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20003 "2018-08-02T00:03:49Z")
life sentence ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20004 "2018-08-02T08:57:55Z")
interrogative sentence ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20005 "2018-08-02T11:54:23Z")
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