# 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:** 1072
**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 22, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21427 "2019-01-22T23:16:12Z")
subway platform ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21428 "2019-01-23T00:45:07Z")
platform shoes ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21429 "2019-01-23T01:39:21Z")
party platform ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21430 "2019-01-23T01:56:25Z")
birthday party ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21431 "2019-01-23T13:29:32Z")
birthday cake ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21432 "2019-01-23T13:35:19Z")
layer cake ---
**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 23, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21433 "2019-01-23T14:37:31Z")
brick layer ---
**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 23, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21434 "2019-01-23T15:05:18Z")
adobe brick ---
**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 23, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21435 "2019-01-23T15:30:58Z")
Adobe Reader ---
**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 23, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21436 "2019-01-23T16:45:26Z")
weekly reader ---
**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 23, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21437 "2019-01-23T18:34:36Z")
weekly paycheck ---
**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 23, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21438 "2019-01-23T20:10:20Z")
Johnny Paycheck > **[Johnny Paycheck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Paycheck)** > > Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle; May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (seas... ---
**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 23, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21439 "2019-01-23T20:21:24Z")
Johnny Dangerously (because Johnny Cash was too obvious a follow-up) ---
**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 23, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21440 "2019-01-23T20:38:19Z")
dangerously funny ---
**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 23, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21441 "2019-01-23T22:33:56Z")
funny bone ---
**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 23, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21442 "2019-01-23T22:36:25Z")
bone folder ---
**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 24, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21443 "2019-01-24T01:46:59Z")
bone china ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21444 "2019-01-24T02:36:18Z")
China visa ---
**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 24, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21445 "2019-01-24T12:06:22Z")
visa overstay ---
**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 24, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21446 "2019-01-24T12:55:42Z")
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