# Keep a Word, Delete a Word

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013>\
**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\
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**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 15, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6324 "2016-01-15T13:44:34Z")

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Salad fork

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**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:** [January 15, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6325 "2016-01-15T17:50:28Z")

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_Salad Days_

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-NpyaOWV0)

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**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 15, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6326 "2016-01-15T20:16:20Z")

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dog days

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**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 15, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6327 "2016-01-15T20:39:27Z")

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dog tired

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**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 15, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6328 "2016-01-15T20:45:11Z")

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dog ear

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**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:** [January 15, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6329 "2016-01-15T21:24:54Z")

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_Dog Soldiers_

> **[Dog Soldiers (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Soldiers_(novel))**
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> Dog Soldiers is a novel by Robert Stone, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1974. The story features American journalist John Converse, a Vietnam correspondent during the war, Merchant Marine sailor Ray Hicks, Converse's wife Marge, and their involvement in a heroin deal gone bad. It shared the 1975 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction with The Hair of Harold Roux by Thomas Williams (split award). Dog Soldiers was named by Time magazine one of the 100 best English-language novels, 1923 to 200 The b...

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**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 15, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6330 "2016-01-15T21:33:01Z")

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Soldier Blue

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**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 15, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6331 "2016-01-15T21:34:22Z")

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Blue Bayou

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**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 16, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6332 "2016-01-16T00:44:51Z")

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sky blue

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**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 16, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6333 "2016-01-16T01:36:04Z")

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sky box

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6334 "2016-01-16T02:53:48Z")

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box seat

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**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 16, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6335 "2016-01-16T03:12:35Z")

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hot seat

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**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 16, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6336 "2016-01-16T12:43:51Z")

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hot sauce

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**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 16, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6337 "2016-01-16T13:03:23Z")

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weak sauce

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**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 16, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6338 "2016-01-16T13:13:14Z")

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weak link

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**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 16, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6339 "2016-01-16T15:45:59Z")

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link belt

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**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 16, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6340 "2016-01-16T15:49:44Z")

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Little Belt

> **[Little Belt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Belt)**
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> The Little Belt (Danish: Lillebælt, pronounced \[ˈliləˌpelˀt\]) is a strait between the island of Funen and the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish Straits that drain and connect the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat strait, which drains west to the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
> The Little Belt is about 50 km (31 mi) long and 800 m (2,600 ft) to 28 km (17 mi) wide, and its deepest point is at Marens Hul west of the island of Fænø, at 81 m (266 ft), which makes it deeper than its s...

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6341 "2016-01-16T15:55:15Z")

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Little Richard

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6342 "2016-01-16T15:56:22Z")

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Little Joe

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**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 16, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6343 "2016-01-16T18:05:53Z")

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Little Feat

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