# 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:** 312
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6224 "2016-01-11T13:41:53Z")
gutter cleaning ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6225 "2016-01-11T15:49:15Z")
gutter ball ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6226 "2016-01-11T16:13:17Z")
ball python ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6227 "2016-01-11T16:41:04Z")
Monty Python ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6228 "2016-01-11T18:25:04Z")
Monty Hall ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6229 "2016-01-11T18:36:55Z")
hall monitor ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6230 "2016-01-11T18:41:06Z")
monitor lizard ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6231 "2016-01-11T19:40:20Z")
Lounge lizard ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6232 "2016-01-11T19:56:52Z")
lounge around ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6233 "2016-01-11T20:40:25Z")
shop around ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6234 "2016-01-11T21:15:31Z")
chop shop ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6235 "2016-01-11T22:15:55Z")
lamb chop ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6236 "2016-01-12T00:52:22Z")
Charles Lamb ---
**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:** [January 12, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6237 "2016-01-12T00:59:05Z")
Port Charles ---
**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:** [January 12, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6238 "2016-01-12T01:07:25Z")
Port wine ---
**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:** [January 12, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6239 "2016-01-12T01:09:32Z")
red wine ---
**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:** [January 12, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6240 "2016-01-12T01:11:43Z")
red alert ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6241 "2016-01-12T01:25:56Z")
Amber alert ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6242 "2016-01-12T04:10:36Z")
yellow alert ---
**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:** [January 12, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6243 "2016-01-12T04:21:22Z")
Orange alert! > **[Rover (The Prisoner)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_(The_Prisoner))** > > Rover is a plot device from the 1967 British television program The Prisoner, and was a crucial tool used to keep 'prisoners' from escaping the Village. It was depicted as a floating white balloon that could coerce, and, if necessary, incapacitate or kill recalcitrant inhabitants of the Village. It also had the ability to subdivide. Several aspects of the Rover device were left unexplained and to the imagination of the viewer. > The name "Rover" was only used once in the entire series (in the epis... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013.md?page=311) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013.md?page=313)