# 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:** 342
**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 12, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6824 "2016-02-12T17:51:30Z")
bank robbery ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6825 "2016-02-12T18:11:36Z")
highway robbery ---
**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 12, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6826 "2016-02-12T21:32:49Z")
Carefree Highway ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6827 "2016-02-13T00:01:22Z")
Carefree gum ---
**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 13, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6828 "2016-02-13T00:06:26Z")
gum disease ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6829 "2016-02-13T06:28:45Z")
Gum Arabic ---
**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 13, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6830 "2016-02-13T12:48:33Z")
Arabic numerals ---
**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 13, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6831 "2016-02-13T21:38:42Z")
Roman numerals ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6832 "2016-02-13T22:01:17Z")
Roman Holiday ---
**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 13, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6833 "2016-02-13T23:17:48Z")
Holiday Inn ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6834 "2016-02-14T01:48:42Z")
Days Inn ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6835 "2016-02-14T01:54:55Z")
Drew Days > **[Drew S. Days III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_S._Days,_III)** > > Drew Saunders Days III (August 29, 1941 – November 15, 2020) was an American legal scholar who served as Solicitor General of the United States from 1993 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton. He also served as the first African American Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in the Carter Administration from 1977 to 1980. He was the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law at Yale Law School, assuming that post in 1992, and joining the Yale Law faculty in 1981. From 1997 to Days was bo... ---
**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 14, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6836 "2016-02-14T02:48:55Z")
Drew Carey ---
**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 14, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6837 "2016-02-14T04:03:59Z")
Michelle Carey ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6838 "2016-02-14T13:50:19Z")
Michelle Obama ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6839 "2016-02-14T15:28:08Z")
Michelle Pfeiffer ---
**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 14, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6840 "2016-02-14T18:07:18Z")
Jules Pfeiffer ---
**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 14, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6841 "2016-02-14T23:06:25Z")
Barney Fife ---
**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 14, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6842 "2016-02-14T23:08:05Z")
Barney Gumble ---
**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:** [February 15, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6843 "2016-02-15T01:16:04Z")
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