# 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:** 350
**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 23, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6984 "2016-02-23T22:16:48Z")
Miller time ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6985 "2016-02-23T22:27:20Z")
Time slice ---
**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 23, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6986 "2016-02-23T23:01:20Z")
Slice soda ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6987 "2016-02-23T23:08:29Z")
Soda cracker ---
**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 24, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6988 "2016-02-24T01:05:21Z")
Cracker Barrel ---
**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 24, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6989 "2016-02-24T01:06:12Z")
beer barrel ---
**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 24, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6990 "2016-02-24T01:15:52Z")
barrel stave ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6991 "2016-02-24T01:16:01Z")
Ginger beer ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6992 "2016-02-24T03:51:52Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Ginger beer you got ninja’d! In play: Monkey barrel ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6993 "2016-02-24T04:24:33Z")
monkey business ---
**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 24, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6994 "2016-02-24T12:41:05Z")
monkey bread ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6995 "2016-02-24T12:47:47Z")
banana bread ---
**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 24, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6996 "2016-02-24T13:49:44Z")
Banana Republic ---
**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 24, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6997 "2016-02-24T14:07:50Z")
_Great Republic_ > **[Great Republic (1853 clipper)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Republic)** > > When launched in 1853, Great Republic was the largest wooden ship in the world. She shared this title with another American-built ship, the steamship Adriatic. She was also the largest full-rigged ship ever built in the United States. > She was built by Donald McKay for trade on his own account to Australia. > Just as she was completing loading in New York for her first commercial trip, she was involved in a disastrous fire. She was scuttled to try to save the hull, with only limited success. McKay ... ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6998 "2016-02-24T14:22:37Z")
Great Expectations ---
**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 24, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/6999 "2016-02-24T15:45:24Z")
Great Scott! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7000 "2016-02-24T16:04:29Z")
Scott Carpenter ---
**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 24, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7001 "2016-02-24T18:21:02Z")
carpenter ants ---
**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 24, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7002 "2016-02-24T20:10:44Z")
fire ants ---
**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 24, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7003 "2016-02-24T20:38:31Z")
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