# 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:** 543
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10844 "2016-10-07T13:14:48Z")
hope chest > **[Hope chest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_chest)** > > A hope chest, also called dowry chest, cedar chest, trousseau chest, or glory box is a piece of furniture traditionally used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of married life. > The term "hope chest" or "cedar chest" is used in the United States; in the United Kingdom, the term is "bottom drawer"; while both terms, and "glory box" are used by women in Australia. > Using her own needlework skills to construct a trousseau and stock her gl... ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10845 "2016-10-07T16:11:10Z")
Hope Lange ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10846 "2016-10-07T17:17:37Z")
Jessica Lange ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10847 "2016-10-07T20:19:16Z")
Jessica Rabbit ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10848 "2016-10-07T20:46:10Z")
rabbit stew ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10849 "2016-10-07T21:02:45Z")
Rabbit season! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9-k5J4RxQdE/hqdefault.jpg "Rabbit season, duck season") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-k5J4RxQdE) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10850 "2016-10-07T21:47:09Z")
Seasons Greetings ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10851 "2016-10-07T23:05:28Z")
Four Seasons ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10852 "2016-10-07T23:08:08Z")
Four Feathers ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10853 "2016-10-08T00:04:03Z")
Horse Feathers ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10854 "2016-10-08T00:13:51Z")
horse racing ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10855 "2016-10-08T01:43:42Z")
horse riding ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10856 "2016-10-08T03:06:22Z")
hobby horse ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10857 "2016-10-08T04:07:40Z")
Hobby Lobby ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10858 "2016-10-08T04:30:05Z")
hotel lobby ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10859 "2016-10-08T08:28:21Z")
Grand Hotel ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10860 "2016-10-08T13:51:18Z")
Grand Tour > **[Grand Tour program](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour_program)** > > The Grand Tour was a NASA program that would have sent two groups of robotic probes to all the planets of the outer Solar System. It called for four spacecraft, two of which would visit Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto, while the other two would visit Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune. The enormous cost of the project, around $1 billion, led to its cancellation and replacement with Mariner Jupiter-Saturn, which became the Voyager program. > The concept of the Grand Tour began in 1964, when Gary Flandro of th... ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10861 "2016-10-08T14:54:30Z")
Grand Canyon ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10862 "2016-10-08T15:57:12Z")
Steve Canyon ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/10863 "2016-10-08T16:19:37Z")
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