# 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:** 276
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5504 "2015-12-11T21:03:05Z")
Mississippi River ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5505 "2015-12-11T21:27:20Z")
Limpopo River Perhaps best known from Kipling: [Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling](http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/elephant.htm) ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5506 "2015-12-11T21:38:15Z")
Yeah- the “Great Green Greasy”, we used to call it (no we didn’t, but I loved ‘Just So Stories’ as a kid, and made sure to read’em to my kids) river delta ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5507 "2015-12-11T23:03:29Z")
Delta Force ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5508 "2015-12-12T00:17:58Z")
delta blues ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5509 "2015-12-12T00:21:49Z")
[Christmas Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbW0j-Il398) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5510 "2015-12-12T01:10:05Z")
Blues Project ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5511 "2015-12-12T01:39:10Z")
Project Runway ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5512 "2015-12-12T02:56:14Z")
Asphalt runway ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5513 "2015-12-12T03:25:05Z")
Asphalt Jungle ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5514 "2015-12-12T04:06:40Z")
Jungle Green ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5515 "2015-12-12T05:14:36Z")
Jungle gym ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5516 "2015-12-12T12:39:00Z")
gym bag ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5517 "2015-12-12T13:58:32Z")
dime bag ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5518 "2015-12-12T13:59:32Z")
golf bag ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5519 "2015-12-12T14:31:32Z")
Miniature golf ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5520 "2015-12-12T15:33:54Z")
miniature marshmallow ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5521 "2015-12-12T16:59:52Z")
Marshmallow Treats ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5522 "2015-12-12T17:09:02Z")
Dutch treats ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5523 "2015-12-12T17:13:22Z")
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