# 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:** 1047
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20927 "2018-11-16T14:44:55Z")
elementary school ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20928 "2018-11-16T15:45:19Z")
elementary particle ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20929 "2018-11-16T16:17:53Z")
Elementary, [my dear] Watson! ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20930 "2018-11-16T16:26:29Z")
Emma Watson > **[Emma Watson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson)** > > Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress and activist. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, as well as for her women's rights work, she has received a selection of accolades, including a Young Artist Award and three MTV Movie Awards. Watson has been ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses by Forbes and Vanity Fair, and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2015. > Watson attended the D... ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20931 "2018-11-16T17:17:57Z")
John Watson ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20932 "2018-11-16T20:42:03Z")
John Doe ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20933 "2018-11-16T20:44:56Z")
John Hancock ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20934 "2018-11-17T01:14:57Z")
Hancock Tower > **[John Hancock Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower)** > > 200 Clarendon Street, previously John Hancock Tower and colloquially known as The Hancock, is a 60-story, 790-foot (240 m) skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. It is the tallest building in New England. The tower was designed by Henry N. Cobb of the firm I. M. Pei & Partners and was completed in 1976. > The building is widely known for its prominent structural flaws, including an analysis that the entire building could overturn under certain wind loads—as well as a prominent design f... _Not in Play: I so wanted to say John Bigbooté but forbore._ ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20935 "2018-11-17T01:19:13Z")
Dark Tower ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20936 "2018-11-17T09:17:24Z")
Dark chocolate ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20937 "2018-11-17T15:45:22Z")
chocolate bunny ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20938 "2018-11-17T15:46:41Z")
Blue Bunny ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20939 "2018-11-17T16:42:38Z")
Blue Cross ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20940 "2018-11-17T23:16:50Z")
Kings Cross ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20941 "2018-11-17T23:45:12Z")
Three Kings ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20942 "2018-11-18T00:41:01Z")
Three Amigos ---
**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:** [November 18, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20943 "2018-11-18T12:49:01Z")
three fifths ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20944 "2018-11-18T17:55:06Z")
Three Stooges ---
**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:** [November 18, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20945 "2018-11-18T19:12:02Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > …_Not in Play: I so wanted to say John Bigbooté but forbore._ _Tay! Tay!_ three o’clock ---
**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:** [November 18, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/20946 "2018-11-18T22:15:34Z")
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