# 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:** 197
**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 15, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3924 "2015-10-15T14:14:32Z")
Guinness records ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3925 "2015-10-15T14:15:56Z")
Guinness stout ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3926 "2015-10-15T14:17:22Z")
stout heart ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3927 "2015-10-15T14:47:52Z")
Angel Heart ---
**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 15, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3928 "2015-10-15T15:56:40Z")
bleeding heart ---
**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:** [October 15, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3929 "2015-10-15T16:10:06Z")
bleeding out ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3930 "2015-10-15T17:03:59Z")
Out House ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3931 "2015-10-15T17:24:41Z")
house band ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3932 "2015-10-15T17:33:00Z")
rubber band ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3933 "2015-10-15T18:11:07Z")
bridge rubber ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3934 "2015-10-15T18:15:08Z")
London Bridge ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3935 "2015-10-15T18:52:44Z")
London Fog ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3936 "2015-10-15T18:58:32Z")
Fog bank ---
**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:** [October 15, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3937 "2015-10-15T21:12:23Z")
Velvet Fog > **[Mel Tormé](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_torme)** > > Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. > Melvin Howard Tormé was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William David Tormé, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, and Betty Tormé (née Sopkin), a New York City native. He graduated from Hyde Park High School. A chi... ---
**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:** [October 15, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3938 "2015-10-15T22:14:58Z")
Velvet Jones ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3939 "2015-10-15T22:50:28Z")
black velvet ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3940 "2015-10-15T23:44:33Z")
Black Sabbath ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3941 "2015-10-16T00:17:27Z")
Sabbath lesson ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3942 "2015-10-16T01:16:35Z")
lesson learned ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/3943 "2015-10-16T02:45:16Z")
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