# 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:** 646
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12904 "2017-01-12T22:36:34Z")
door knob ---
**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:** [January 12, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12905 "2017-01-12T23:12:40Z")
radio knobs ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12906 "2017-01-13T00:37:10Z")
radio silence ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12907 "2017-01-13T01:03:09Z")
nighttime silence ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12908 "2017-01-13T01:29:07Z")
nighttime visitor ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12909 "2017-01-13T01:37:09Z")
visitor parking ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12910 "2017-01-13T01:37:43Z")
parking lot ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12911 "2017-01-13T01:49:17Z")
parallel parking ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12912 "2017-01-13T02:04:57Z")
parallel universe ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12913 "2017-01-13T02:52:43Z")
alternate universe ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12914 "2017-01-13T03:20:23Z")
alternate doctrine ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12915 "2017-01-13T03:33:20Z")
Catholic doctrine ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12916 "2017-01-13T05:15:47Z")
Monroe Doctrine ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12917 "2017-01-13T08:09:20Z")
Marilyn Monroe ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12918 "2017-01-13T08:43:31Z")
Marilyn Manson ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12919 "2017-01-13T08:51:26Z")
Manson family > **[Manson Family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manson_Family)** > > The Manson Family (known among its members as the Family) was a commune, gang, and cult led by criminal Charles Manson that was active in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The group consisted of approximately 100 followers, who lived an unconventional lifestyle and frequently used psychoactive drugs like Benzedrine (amphetamine) as well as hallucinogens such as LSD. Most were young women from middle-class backgrounds, many of whom were attracted by hippie culture and communal Manson... ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12920 "2017-01-13T12:17:49Z")
Modern Family ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12921 "2017-01-13T13:57:22Z")
modern man ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12922 "2017-01-13T14:40:07Z")
burning man ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12923 "2017-01-13T14:50:06Z")
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