# 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:** 329
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6564 "2016-01-27T00:52:34Z")
Hollow Men ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6565 "2016-01-27T01:29:26Z")
Sleepy Hollow ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6566 "2016-01-27T03:11:50Z")
sleepy time ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6567 "2016-01-27T03:16:03Z")
make time ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6568 "2016-01-27T03:45:02Z")
Time Passages ---
**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 27, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6569 "2016-01-27T12:42:50Z")
hidden passages ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6570 "2016-01-27T12:50:33Z")
Hidden door ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6571 "2016-01-27T13:41:19Z")
door prize ---
**Author:** ![Calla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Calla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calla)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6572 "2016-01-27T13:55:50Z")
Booby Prize ---
**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 27, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6573 "2016-01-27T14:16:19Z")
Blue-Footed Booby (are hypenated words allowed?) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6574 "2016-01-27T15:18:27Z")
Booby trap ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6575 "2016-01-27T15:20:29Z")
Parent Trap ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6576 "2016-01-27T15:22:56Z")
Mouse Trap ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6577 "2016-01-27T15:50:06Z")
Danger Mouse ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6578 "2016-01-27T16:56:50Z")
Henry Danger ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6579 "2016-01-27T17:41:52Z")
O. Henry ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6580 "2016-01-27T17:47:42Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Blue-Footed Booby > > (are hypenated words allowed?) I think so. Either word alone wouldn’t have the same meaning, so hyphenating essentially makes them a single word. Just my two cents’. In play: O.J. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6581 "2016-01-27T17:59:25Z")
J hook ---
**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 27, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6582 "2016-01-27T18:56:33Z")
Hook Nook ---
**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 27, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6583 "2016-01-27T22:19:29Z")
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