# 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:** 131
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2604 "2015-08-31T23:43:55Z")
Long Island ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2605 "2015-09-01T00:12:36Z")
long distance ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2606 "2015-09-01T01:52:01Z")
Long Parliament > **[Long Parliament](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Parliament)** > > The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an 11-year parliamentary absence. In September 1640, King Charles I issued writs summoning a parliament to convene on 3 November 1640.\[a\] He intended it to pass financial bills, a step made necessary by the costs of the Bishops' Wars in Scotland. The Long Parliament received its name from the fac ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2607 "2015-09-01T02:26:54Z")
hung parliament ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2608 "2015-09-01T11:44:28Z")
hung out ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2609 "2015-09-01T11:52:28Z")
William Hung ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2610 "2015-09-01T12:16:23Z")
sweet william ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2611 "2015-09-01T12:50:49Z")
toot sweet ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2612 "2015-09-01T13:57:40Z")
sweet tooth ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2613 "2015-09-01T14:55:06Z")
tooth fairy ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2614 "2015-09-01T15:15:40Z")
fairy princess ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2615 "2015-09-01T15:16:00Z")
Princess Daisy ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2616 "2015-09-01T15:19:40Z")
black-eyed daisy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2617 "2015-09-01T15:32:03Z")
Black-eyed Susan ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2618 "2015-09-01T16:24:54Z")
Lazy Susan ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2619 "2015-09-01T17:10:50Z")
lazy eye ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2620 "2015-09-01T17:10:58Z")
Lazy day ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2621 "2015-09-01T17:13:42Z")
day bed ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2622 "2015-09-01T17:16:27Z")
Bed sores ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2623 "2015-09-01T17:34:56Z")
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