# 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:** 579
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11564 "2016-11-12T07:34:58Z")
colloquial language ---
**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:** [November 12, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11565 "2016-11-12T12:52:17Z")
foreign language ---
**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:** [November 12, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11566 "2016-11-12T14:26:19Z")
foreign influence ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11567 "2016-11-12T15:13:57Z")
negative influence ---
**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:** [November 12, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11568 "2016-11-12T15:21:02Z")
negative feeling ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11569 "2016-11-12T15:33:44Z")
feeling squirrely ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11570 "2016-11-12T17:19:18Z")
feeling groovy [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NvlW4bEjB5A/hqdefault.jpg "Feeling Groovy by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlW4bEjB5A) ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11571 "2016-11-12T17:27:08Z")
“Groovy, man!” ---
**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:** [November 12, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11572 "2016-11-12T19:50:27Z")
Ultra Man ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11573 "2016-11-12T21:26:15Z")
Ultra Chic ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11574 "2016-11-12T23:06:51Z")
Chic magnet ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11575 "2016-11-13T00:40:44Z")
Magnet school ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11576 "2016-11-13T00:49:29Z")
Graduate School ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11577 "2016-11-13T01:10:04Z")
Honor Graduate ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11578 "2016-11-13T01:12:38Z")
honor killing ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11579 "2016-11-13T01:23:53Z")
Killing Fields ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11580 "2016-11-13T01:57:22Z")
[Totie Fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totie_Fields) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11581 "2016-11-13T02:17:03Z")
Strawberry Fields ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11582 "2016-11-13T02:35:47Z")
strawberry shortcake ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/11583 "2016-11-13T05:46:40Z")
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