# Keep a Word, Delete a Word

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013>\
**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\
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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8424 "2016-04-29T02:49:53Z")

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Paris, France

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8425 "2016-04-29T02:52:53Z")

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Paris Nocturne

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8426 "2016-04-29T03:50:05Z")

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Tom Paris

> **[Tom Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Paris)**
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> Lieutenant Thomas Eugene "Tom" Paris is a fictional character in the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager and is portrayed by Robert Duncan McNeill. Paris is the chief helmsman, as well as a temporary auxiliary medic, of the USS Voyager, a Starfleet ship that was stranded in the Delta Quadrant by an alien entity known as the Caretaker. 
> Initially recruited by Captain Kathryn Janeway as a Starfleet "observer" on Voyager's first mission into the Badlands, Paris was reinsta...

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8427 "2016-04-29T03:55:10Z")

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Tom Jones

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8428 "2016-04-29T03:55:56Z")

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tom cat

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8429 "2016-04-29T04:02:45Z")

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Cat house

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8430 "2016-04-29T04:15:47Z")

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cat’s cradle

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8431 "2016-04-29T04:17:24Z")

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Cradle Robber

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8432 "2016-04-29T04:23:49Z")

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Robber baron

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8433 "2016-04-29T04:28:10Z")

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Le Baron

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8434 "2016-04-29T04:41:24Z")

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Red Baron

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8435 "2016-04-29T04:45:56Z")

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Red Menace

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**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8436 "2016-04-29T06:46:54Z")

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Red Green

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8437 "2016-04-29T11:33:35Z")

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Green Mansions

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8438 "2016-04-29T11:33:54Z")

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Green Goblin

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8439 "2016-04-29T11:40:50Z")

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Goblin King

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8440 "2016-04-29T12:35:29Z")

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King Crimson

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8441 "2016-04-29T13:52:10Z")

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Harvard Crimson

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8442 "2016-04-29T15:49:56Z")

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Harvard Lampoon

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**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:** [April 29, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8443 "2016-04-29T16:19:33Z")

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National Lampoon

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