# 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:** 648
**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 14, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12944 "2017-01-14T14:45:00Z")
Interstate highway ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12945 "2017-01-14T14:45:37Z")
interstate pile-up ---
**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 14, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12946 "2017-01-14T15:40:36Z")
football pile-up ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12947 "2017-01-14T16:14:58Z")
nuclear football ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12948 "2017-01-14T16:21:37Z")
Nuclear family ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12949 "2017-01-14T17:54:29Z")
family planning ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12950 "2017-01-14T17:57:14Z")
planning department ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12951 "2017-01-14T18:11:16Z")
Treasury Department ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12952 "2017-01-14T18:40:56Z")
Treasury Bill ---
**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 14, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12953 "2017-01-14T20:12:04Z")
Buffalo Bill > **[Buffalo Bill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill)** > > William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917), known as "Buffalo Bill", was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in modern-day Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, before the family returned to the Midwest and settled in the Kansas Territory. > Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven, after his father's death, and became a rider for the Pon... ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12954 "2017-01-14T20:39:40Z")
Buffalo chips ---
**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 14, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12955 "2017-01-14T20:56:12Z")
banana chips ---
**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 14, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12956 "2017-01-14T21:12:55Z")
potato chips ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12957 "2017-01-14T22:00:32Z")
Idaho potato ---
**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 14, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12958 "2017-01-14T23:29:17Z")
private Idaho ---
**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 14, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12959 "2017-01-14T23:34:29Z")
private forum ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12960 "2017-01-14T23:46:19Z")
Roman Forum ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12961 "2017-01-15T00:32:39Z")
Roman civilization ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12962 "2017-01-15T00:40:49Z")
Doomed Civilization ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12963 "2017-01-15T00:48:58Z")
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