# 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:** 566
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11304 "2016-10-30T03:25:56Z")
Tommy Tune ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11305 "2016-10-30T03:31:18Z")
Tommy Tutone ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11306 "2016-10-30T03:47:59Z")
Tommy Boy ---
**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 30, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11307 "2016-10-30T08:28:47Z")
Danny Boy ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11308 "2016-10-30T12:49:55Z")
Hurricane Danny (in 1985, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2009 and 2015) ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11309 "2016-10-30T13:41:26Z")
Hurricane Katrina ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11310 "2016-10-30T13:51:25Z")
New Orleans Katrina ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11311 "2016-10-30T15:34:21Z")
(That’s 3 words. It doesn’t count.) hurricane lamp ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11312 "2016-10-30T15:45:25Z")
kerosene lamp ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11313 "2016-10-30T15:56:48Z")
kerosene heater ---
**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 30, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11314 "2016-10-30T16:14:43Z")
space heater ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11315 "2016-10-30T16:22:46Z")
propane heater ---
**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 30, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11316 "2016-10-30T17:27:20Z")
propane tank ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11317 "2016-10-30T17:31:06Z")
Military Tank ---
**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 30, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11318 "2016-10-30T18:28:28Z")
military intelligence ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11319 "2016-10-30T19:00:50Z")
intelligence quotient ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11320 "2016-10-30T19:04:43Z")
quotient rule ---
**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 30, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11321 "2016-10-30T22:26:33Z")
Rule Britannia ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11322 "2016-10-31T00:24:51Z")
Golden Rule ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11323 "2016-10-31T00:39:35Z")
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