# 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:** 292
**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 23, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5824 "2015-12-23T19:42:03Z")
Milk Duds ---
**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 23, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5825 "2015-12-23T20:25:03Z")
casual duds ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5826 "2015-12-23T21:42:55Z")
Casual Friday ---
**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 23, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5827 "2015-12-23T22:56:28Z")
casual friend ---
**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 23, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5828 "2015-12-23T23:21:08Z")
false friend ---
**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 23, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5829 "2015-12-23T23:22:00Z")
false vacuum ---
**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 23, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5830 "2015-12-23T23:46:26Z")
Vacuum cleaner ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5831 "2015-12-24T00:13:04Z")
Dry cleaner ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5832 "2015-12-24T01:00:34Z")
Dry ice ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5833 "2015-12-24T01:11:38Z")
Canada Dry ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5834 "2015-12-24T01:48:54Z")
Canada goose ---
**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 24, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5835 "2015-12-24T02:00:34Z")
Goose shit ---
**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 24, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5836 "2015-12-24T02:16:23Z")
Goose step ---
**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 24, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5837 "2015-12-24T04:10:39Z")
step ladder ---
**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 24, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5838 "2015-12-24T04:25:36Z")
fish ladder ---
**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 24, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5839 "2015-12-24T04:40:16Z")
Fish Speaker > **[Organizations of the Dune universe | Fish Speakers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizations_of_the_Dune_universe#Fish_Speakers)** > > The Fish Speakers are the all-female army of the God Emperor Leto II Atreides in Frank Herbert's science fiction Dune universe, appearing primarily in God Emperor of Dune (1981). Named so because "the first priestesses spoke to fish in their dreams," the organization is founded by Leto after the events of Children of Dune (1976). > In Dune (1965), Leto II's father Paul Atreides overthrows Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV when Paul's fierce Fremen army manages to defeat Shaddam's previously-unstoppable ... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5840 "2015-12-24T10:48:34Z")
Tris Speaker ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5841 "2015-12-24T13:15:02Z")
House Speaker ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5842 "2015-12-24T13:22:53Z")
dog house ---
**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 24, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/5843 "2015-12-24T14:50:31Z")
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