# Keep a Word, Delete a Word

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013>\
**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:** 659

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13164 "2017-01-23T02:31:20Z")

</div>

red fox

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13165 "2017-01-23T03:38:42Z")

</div>

Red Skelton

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13166 "2017-01-23T04:45:57Z")

</div>

red roses

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13167 "2017-01-23T10:43:17Z")

</div>

Red Square

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13168 "2017-01-23T13:04:53Z")

</div>

Square meal

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13169 "2017-01-23T15:19:22Z")

</div>

Happy Meal

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13170 "2017-01-23T15:26:14Z")

</div>

Happy Days

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13171 "2017-01-23T16:44:33Z")

</div>

vacation days

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13172 "2017-01-23T16:45:07Z")

</div>

Days Inn

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 23, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13173 "2017-01-23T19:06:37Z")

</div>

Drew Days

> **[Drew S. Days III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_S._Days,_III)**
>
> Drew Saunders Days III (August 29, 1941 – November 15, 2020) was an American legal scholar who served as Solicitor General of the United States from 1993 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton. He also served as the first African American Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in the Carter Administration from 1977 to 1980. He was the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law at Yale Law School, assuming that post in 1992, and joining the Yale Law faculty in 1981. From 1997 to Days was bo...

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13174 "2017-01-23T19:39:22Z")

</div>

drew picture

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13175 "2017-01-23T21:52:09Z")

</div>

moving picture

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13176 "2017-01-23T23:06:29Z")

</div>

moving van

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 23, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13177 "2017-01-23T23:19:52Z")

</div>

economy van

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 24, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13178 "2017-01-24T00:18:39Z")

</div>

[Chevy Van](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEIToOWr64)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13179 "2017-01-24T01:04:43Z")

</div>

Chevy Chase

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 24, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13180 "2017-01-24T01:22:04Z")

</div>

Paper Chase

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 24, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13181 "2017-01-24T01:40:36Z")

</div>

paper trail

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13182 "2017-01-24T01:40:48Z")

</div>

paper cut

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 24, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13183 "2017-01-24T01:51:52Z")

</div>

paper sculpture

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013.md?page=658)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013.md?page=660)
