# 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:** 290
**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 22, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5784 "2015-12-22T04:09:03Z")
USS _Ranger_ > **[USS Ranger (CV-61)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-61))** > > The seventh USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) was the third of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Although all four ships of the class were completed with angled decks, Ranger had the distinction of being the first US carrier built from the beginning as an angled-deck ship. > Commissioned in 1957, she served extensively in the Pacific, especially the Vietnam War, for which she earned 13 battle stars. Near the end of her career, she also served in the Indian Oc... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5785 "2015-12-22T04:59:20Z")
USS Enterprise ---
**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:** [December 22, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5786 "2015-12-22T05:05:26Z")
USS Hornet ---
**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 22, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5787 "2015-12-22T05:28:11Z")
Green Hornet ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5788 "2015-12-22T12:28:10Z")
Green Lantern ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5789 "2015-12-22T13:16:49Z")
jellyfish lantern ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5790 "2015-12-22T14:17:37Z")
Box jellyfish ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5791 "2015-12-22T15:39:37Z")
fried jellyfish ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5792 "2015-12-22T15:58:40Z")
Dixie Fried [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eezZRq_0C0Y/maxresdefault.jpg ""Carl Perkins ~ Dixie Fried" - 1956") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eezZRq_0C0Y) ---
**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 22, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5793 "2015-12-22T16:08:49Z")
Dixie Chicks ---
**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 22, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5794 "2015-12-22T16:10:02Z")
marshmallow chicks ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5795 "2015-12-22T16:49:34Z")
Marshmallow World ---
**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 22, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5796 "2015-12-22T18:11:41Z")
World Cup ---
**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 22, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5797 "2015-12-22T19:48:03Z")
loving cup ---
**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 22, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5798 "2015-12-22T21:00:26Z")
Candy Loving ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5799 "2015-12-22T21:34:50Z")
John Candy ---
**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 22, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5800 "2015-12-22T22:28:39Z")
Candy corn ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5801 "2015-12-22T22:36:48Z")
Indian corn ---
**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 22, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5802 "2015-12-22T22:45:12Z")
Indian summer ---
**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:** [December 22, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5803 "2015-12-22T23:02:16Z")
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