# 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:** 178
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3544 "2015-10-01T15:13:47Z")
Sour ball ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3545 "2015-10-01T15:22:13Z")
Minie ball ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3546 "2015-10-01T15:31:07Z")
Paint ball ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3547 "2015-10-01T16:04:10Z")
billiard ball ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3548 "2015-10-01T16:55:27Z")
billiard parlor ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3549 "2015-10-01T17:23:58Z")
Massage parlor ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3550 "2015-10-01T17:53:27Z")
parlor trick ---
**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 1, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3551 "2015-10-01T17:58:28Z")
magic trick ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3552 "2015-10-01T19:50:25Z")
Magic Man ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3553 "2015-10-01T20:50:21Z")
man eater ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3554 "2015-10-01T21:35:56Z")
Man up ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3555 "2015-10-01T21:45:06Z")
man down ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3556 "2015-10-01T21:51:41Z")
down comforter ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3557 "2015-10-01T22:10:25Z")
down south ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3558 "2015-10-02T00:44:54Z")
deep south ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3559 "2015-10-02T01:01:05Z")
skin deep ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3560 "2015-10-02T02:00:24Z")
skin-job ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3561 "2015-10-02T02:01:53Z")
job skills ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3562 "2015-10-02T02:04:32Z")
Skills assessment ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3563 "2015-10-02T04:06:24Z")
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