# 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:** 338
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6744 "2016-02-06T18:35:21Z")
blood type ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6745 "2016-02-06T22:44:27Z")
Bold type ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6746 "2016-02-06T23:17:53Z")
movable type ---
**Author:** ![BAHAMA\_MAMA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BAHAMA\_MAMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BAHAMA_MAMA)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6747 "2016-02-06T23:20:59Z")
Happy Birthday - oops never mind ---
**Author:** ![BAHAMA\_MAMA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BAHAMA\_MAMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BAHAMA_MAMA)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6748 "2016-02-06T23:22:05Z")
Type writer ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6749 "2016-02-07T00:17:04Z")
Ghost writer ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6750 "2016-02-07T00:22:12Z")
Space Ghost ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6751 "2016-02-07T00:28:44Z")
Ghost Dad ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6752 "2016-02-07T02:55:51Z")
Major Dad ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6753 "2016-02-07T03:22:27Z")
major pain ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6754 "2016-02-07T06:37:50Z")
pain killer ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6755 "2016-02-07T12:29:33Z")
killer app ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6756 "2016-02-07T12:52:27Z")
Android app ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6757 "2016-02-07T20:53:21Z")
android dream > **[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F)** > > Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (retrospectively titled Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in some later printings) is a dystopian science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, where Earth's life has been greatly damaged by a nuclear global war, leaving most animal species endangered or extinct. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who has to "retire" (i.e. kill) six escap... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6758 "2016-02-07T20:56:15Z")
Dream Weaver ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6759 "2016-02-07T22:59:32Z")
dream boat ---
**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:** [February 8, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6760 "2016-02-08T01:02:19Z")
Dream girl ---
**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:** [February 8, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6761 "2016-02-08T18:25:26Z")
Girl Scouts ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6762 "2016-02-08T19:30:53Z")
Gone Girl ---
**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:** [February 8, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6763 "2016-02-08T19:37:12Z")
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