# 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:** 230
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4584 "2015-11-05T10:47:23Z")
News flash ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4585 "2015-11-05T13:17:52Z")
flash bulb ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4586 "2015-11-05T13:22:07Z")
Flash Gordon ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4587 "2015-11-05T13:43:34Z")
Jeff Gordon ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4588 "2015-11-05T15:03:29Z")
Gordon Ramsay ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4589 "2015-11-05T15:43:58Z")
Gordon Brown ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4590 "2015-11-05T19:07:35Z")
Brown Derby ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4591 "2015-11-05T19:09:40Z")
Kirwood Derby ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4592 "2015-11-05T19:26:14Z")
Kentucky Derby ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4593 "2015-11-05T19:31:58Z")
USS _Kentucky_ > **[USS Kentucky (SSBN-737)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kentucky_(SSBN-737))** > > USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1991. She is the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for Kentucky, the 15th state. > The contract to build Kentucky was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 13 August 1985 and her keel was laid down there on 18 December 1987. She was launched on 11 August 1990, sponsored by Carolyn Pennebaker Hopkins, who used a custom ... ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4594 "2015-11-05T21:03:43Z")
USS Enterprise ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4595 "2015-11-05T21:06:09Z")
enterprise zone ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4596 "2015-11-05T21:17:23Z")
time zones ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4597 "2015-11-05T23:09:06Z")
Zone Alarm ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4598 "2015-11-05T23:29:43Z")
alarm clock ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4599 "2015-11-06T00:43:21Z")
atomic clock ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4600 "2015-11-06T01:25:07Z")
atomic number ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4601 "2015-11-06T01:27:02Z")
Number, please. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4602 "2015-11-06T01:54:39Z")
Baby Please ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4603 "2015-11-06T02:02:14Z")
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