# 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:** 212
**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 25, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4224 "2015-10-25T23:25:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > [Uh, Rat? That was B u m s, not B u r n s. _Dharma Bums_ is a novel by Jack Kerouac.] Oops. ---
**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 25, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4225 "2015-10-25T23:26:40Z")
Boss Hogg ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4226 "2015-10-26T00:29:29Z")
Boss Tweed ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4227 "2015-10-26T00:42:46Z")
tweed jacket ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4228 "2015-10-26T01:19:54Z")
yellow jacket ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4229 "2015-10-26T01:30:54Z")
Mellow Yellow ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4230 "2015-10-26T01:37:26Z")
Yellow menace ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4231 "2015-10-26T01:39:35Z")
yellow fever ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4232 "2015-10-26T01:44:25Z")
fever pitch ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4233 "2015-10-26T03:30:11Z")
Pitch Perfect ---
**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 26, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4234 "2015-10-26T03:50:41Z")
Pitch pipe ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4235 "2015-10-26T03:51:54Z")
pipe cleaner ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4236 "2015-10-26T04:02:26Z")
Hash Pipe ---
**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 26, 2015, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4237 "2015-10-26T11:29:56Z")
hash mark ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4238 "2015-10-26T11:37:13Z")
Mark Twain ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4239 "2015-10-26T12:23:48Z")
TWAIN protocol ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4240 "2015-10-26T12:39:39Z")
Ghost Protocol ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4241 "2015-10-26T12:56:20Z")
Space Ghost Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace Ghooooooooooooooooooooost! ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4242 "2015-10-26T14:01:36Z")
Outer Space (where space ghost works) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4243 "2015-10-26T14:51:06Z")
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