# 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:** 1069
**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:** [January 16, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21367 "2019-01-16T17:46:27Z")
Bat Masterson > **[Bat Masterson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Masterson)** > > Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the 19th and early 20th-century American Old West. He was born to a working-class Irish family in Quebec, but he moved to the Western frontier as a young man and quickly distinguished himself as a buffalo hunter, civilian scout, and Indian fighter on the Great Plains. He later earned fame as a gunfighter and sheriff in Dod... ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21368 "2019-01-17T01:30:55Z")
bat signal ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21369 "2019-01-17T03:11:57Z")
signal strength ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21370 "2019-01-17T10:18:36Z")
turn signal ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21371 "2019-01-17T12:29:49Z")
Signal Corps ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21372 "2019-01-17T13:39:42Z")
Marine Corps ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21373 "2019-01-17T14:03:32Z")
marine biologist ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21374 "2019-01-17T14:37:25Z")
marine life ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21375 "2019-01-17T14:40:11Z")
Life magazine ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21376 "2019-01-17T14:45:21Z")
powder magazine ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21377 "2019-01-17T15:46:40Z")
baby powder ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21378 "2019-01-17T15:48:05Z")
Baby Spice ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21379 "2019-01-17T17:02:26Z")
Old Spice ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21380 "2019-01-17T19:20:44Z")
Old Ironsides ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21381 "2019-01-17T20:25:14Z")
old money ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21382 "2019-01-17T21:23:24Z")
money talks ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21383 "2019-01-17T21:41:44Z")
dirty money ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21384 "2019-01-17T22:28:36Z")
funny money ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21385 "2019-01-18T00:11:50Z")
Funny Girl ---
**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:** [January 18, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21386 "2019-01-18T00:46:09Z")
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