# 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:** 618
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12344 "2016-12-15T03:56:46Z")
[hipster beards](https://www.google.com/search?q=hipster+beards&espv=2&biw=960&bih=487&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj569jUpvXQAhUHWhoKHa4AAlEQ_AUIBigB) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12345 "2016-12-15T04:33:19Z")
hipster clothing ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12346 "2016-12-15T12:09:08Z")
sheep’s clothing ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12347 "2016-12-15T15:09:03Z")
used clothing ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12348 "2016-12-15T16:01:41Z")
used cars ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12349 "2016-12-15T16:24:52Z")
muscle cars > **[Muscle car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car)** > > Muscle car is a description according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary that came to use in 1966 for "a group of American-made two-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance driving." The Britannica Dictionary describes these as "an American-made two-door sports car with a powerful engine." > Although the term was unknown for another fifteen-plus years, General Motors is credited by some as introducing the first "intentional" muscle car in 1949, when it put its 303-cubic-... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12350 "2016-12-15T17:05:39Z")
Muscle Beach ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12351 "2016-12-15T17:32:55Z")
beach house ---
**Author:** ![Taco\_the\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@Taco\_the\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taco_the_cat)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12352 "2016-12-15T17:50:34Z")
beach boys ---
**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 15, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12353 "2016-12-15T18:01:02Z")
boy toys ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12354 "2016-12-15T18:10:06Z")
toddler toys ---
**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 15, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12355 "2016-12-15T18:43:34Z")
Tinker Toys™ ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12356 "2016-12-15T18:46:31Z")
Tinker Bell ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12357 "2016-12-15T19:19:26Z")
Jingle Bells ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12358 "2016-12-15T19:42:06Z")
radio jingle ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12359 "2016-12-15T20:22:43Z")
Radio Shack ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12360 "2016-12-15T20:49:05Z")
_Radio Flyer_ ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12361 "2016-12-15T22:46:04Z")
advertising flyer ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12362 "2016-12-15T22:52:59Z")
false advertising ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12363 "2016-12-15T23:14:12Z")
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