# 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:** 352
**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 25, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7024 "2016-02-25T15:41:11Z")
teeny bopper ---
**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 25, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7025 "2016-02-25T16:49:27Z")
Mr. Teeny ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7026 "2016-02-25T18:01:51Z")
Mr. Rodgers ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7027 "2016-02-25T18:21:18Z")
Mr. Mister ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7028 "2016-02-25T18:37:44Z")
water mister ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7029 "2016-02-25T19:34:45Z")
soda water ---
**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 25, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7030 "2016-02-25T19:59:21Z")
soda ash ---
**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 25, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7031 "2016-02-25T21:25:44Z")
Ash Carter > **[Ash Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Carter)** > > Ashton Baldwin Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. > Carter began his career as a physicist. After a brief experience as an analyst for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, he switched careers to public policy. He joine... ---
**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 25, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7032 "2016-02-25T21:27:39Z")
Carter Hall ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7033 "2016-02-25T23:50:04Z")
study hall ---
**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 26, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7034 "2016-02-26T01:36:22Z")
under study ---
**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 26, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7035 "2016-02-26T05:00:04Z")
over/under ---
**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 26, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7036 "2016-02-26T13:30:19Z")
Move over. ---
**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 26, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7037 "2016-02-26T15:15:47Z")
move mountains ---
**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 26, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7038 "2016-02-26T15:39:49Z")
Smoky Mountains ---
**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 26, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7039 "2016-02-26T15:57:52Z")
Himalayan Mountains ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7040 "2016-02-26T16:04:57Z")
Mountain Climbing ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7041 "2016-02-26T16:28:32Z")
rock climbing ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7042 "2016-02-26T16:34:09Z")
Plymouth Rock ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7043 "2016-02-26T16:35:44Z")
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