# 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:** 440
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8784 "2016-05-14T14:37:21Z")
Lady fingers ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8785 "2016-05-14T14:40:03Z")
Sticky Fingers ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8786 "2016-05-14T14:54:05Z")
Sticky wicket ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8787 "2016-05-14T17:44:14Z")
broken wicket ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8788 "2016-05-15T00:14:09Z")
Broken Arrow ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8789 "2016-05-15T00:29:44Z")
Green Arrow ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8790 "2016-05-15T02:02:12Z")
Green Manalishi ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8791 "2016-05-15T02:09:23Z")
Green Man ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8792 "2016-05-15T02:14:17Z")
Green Mile ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8793 "2016-05-15T03:35:18Z")
country mile ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8794 "2016-05-15T03:40:54Z")
foreign country ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8795 "2016-05-15T04:23:24Z")
foreign object ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8796 "2016-05-15T05:02:11Z")
object lesson ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8797 "2016-05-15T07:30:19Z")
Lesson Plan ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8798 "2016-05-15T07:59:05Z")
Life lesson ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8799 "2016-05-15T09:01:08Z")
life sentence ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8800 "2016-05-15T14:22:06Z")
suspended sentence ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8801 "2016-05-15T14:23:18Z")
suspended disbelief ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8802 "2016-05-15T23:40:30Z")
suspended ceiling ---
**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:** [May 16, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/8803 "2016-05-16T00:17:31Z")
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