# 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:** 574
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11464 "2016-11-07T05:02:04Z")
growing 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:** [November 7, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11465 "2016-11-07T05:33:18Z")
growing pains ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11466 "2016-11-07T06:41:29Z")
aches, pains ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11467 "2016-11-07T09:38:42Z")
achey, breaky ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11468 "2016-11-07T13:37:20Z")
Breaky Bottom ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11469 "2016-11-07T13:55:15Z")
bottom rung ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11470 "2016-11-07T14:53:38Z")
ladder rung ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11471 "2016-11-07T16:27:58Z")
corporate ladder ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11472 "2016-11-07T17:12:42Z")
corporate bureaucracy ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11473 "2016-11-07T23:40:31Z")
eschew bureaucracy ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11474 "2016-11-08T00:23:22Z")
eschew alcohol ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11475 "2016-11-08T01:33:25Z")
grain alcohol ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11476 "2016-11-08T01:51:10Z")
grain elevator ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11477 "2016-11-08T02:20:52Z")
Otis Elevator ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11478 "2016-11-08T02:31:59Z")
Otis Redding ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11479 "2016-11-08T02:50:05Z")
Redding, California ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11480 "2016-11-08T02:57:48Z")
California Girls ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11481 "2016-11-08T03:34:35Z")
California Dreaming ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11482 "2016-11-08T04:11:59Z")
Randy California ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11483 "2016-11-08T04:17:36Z")
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