# 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:** 601
**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 30, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12004 "2016-11-30T04:07:43Z")
Great Expectations ---
**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 30, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12005 "2016-11-30T11:13:49Z")
Great Gatsby ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12006 "2016-11-30T13:12:44Z")
Jay Gatsby ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12007 "2016-11-30T14:33:03Z")
blue jay ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12008 "2016-11-30T14:42:23Z")
Blue Cross ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12009 "2016-11-30T14:54:04Z")
Holy Cross ---
**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 30, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12010 "2016-11-30T16:53:46Z")
Holy Ground ---
**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:** [November 30, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12011 "2016-11-30T17:18:00Z")
ground pepper ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12012 "2016-11-30T17:23:53Z")
Ghost pepper ---
**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 30, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12013 "2016-11-30T17:37:22Z")
ghost writer ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12014 "2016-11-30T17:41:27Z")
“Paperback Writer” ---
**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 30, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12015 "2016-11-30T19:11:49Z")
paperback novel ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12016 "2016-11-30T19:48:42Z")
novel idea ---
**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 30, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12017 "2016-11-30T19:50:11Z")
stupid idea ---
**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 30, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12018 "2016-11-30T21:18:43Z")
bright idea ---
**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 30, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12019 "2016-11-30T22:20:17Z")
bright light ---
**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 30, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12020 "2016-11-30T22:47:35Z")
light lunch ---
**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 30, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12021 "2016-11-30T23:14:39Z")
lunch bucket ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12022 "2016-12-01T00:52:25Z")
bucket list ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12023 "2016-12-01T01:26:10Z")
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