# 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:** 1028
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20547 "2018-10-01T19:01:12Z")
almond milk ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20548 "2018-10-01T21:54:35Z")
almond paste ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20549 "2018-10-01T22:13:27Z")
almond eyes ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20550 "2018-10-01T23:34:16Z")
blanched almonds ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20551 "2018-10-02T00:44:09Z")
blanched vegetables ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20552 "2018-10-02T00:49:06Z")
grilled vegetables ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20553 "2018-10-02T13:29:24Z")
grilled salmon ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20554 "2018-10-02T13:39:47Z")
salmon ladder ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20555 "2018-10-02T13:46:49Z")
Jacob’s ladder ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20556 "2018-10-02T14:23:06Z")
extension ladder ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20557 "2018-10-02T15:10:16Z")
fish ladder > **[Fish ladder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_ladder)** > > A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as movements of potamodromous species. Most fishways enable fish to pass around the barriers by swimming and leaping up a series of relatively low steps (hence the term ladder) into the waters on the other side. The velocity of water falling over the steps has to Wr... ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20558 "2018-10-02T16:25:59Z")
go fish ---
**Author:** ![Bin-Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@Bin-Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bin-Gay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20559 "2018-10-02T17:12:10Z")
Fish fry ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20560 "2018-10-02T18:19:46Z")
fish market ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20561 "2018-10-02T18:55:57Z")
market instability ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20562 "2018-10-02T19:54:51Z")
black market ---
**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:** [October 2, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20563 "2018-10-02T21:19:49Z")
black beauty ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20564 "2018-10-03T01:12:37Z")
beauty spot ---
**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:** [October 3, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20565 "2018-10-03T13:20:15Z")
beauty mark ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20566 "2018-10-03T13:43:56Z")
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