# 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:** 689
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13764 "2017-02-18T05:11:24Z")
gracious host ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13765 "2017-02-18T10:05:31Z")
parasite host ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13766 "2017-02-18T16:57:41Z")
welfare parasite ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13767 "2017-02-18T17:17:29Z")
child welfare ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13768 "2017-02-18T17:37:34Z")
child support ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13769 "2017-02-18T17:38:06Z")
Desmond Child ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13770 "2017-02-18T17:52:23Z")
Norma Desmond ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13771 "2017-02-18T17:54:26Z")
Norma Rae ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13772 "2017-02-18T18:20:22Z")
Norma Jeane (Mortenson)–better known as 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:** [February 18, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13773 "2017-02-18T19:03:16Z")
Norma Bates ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13774 "2017-02-18T19:52:39Z")
Kathy Bates ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13775 "2017-02-18T19:52:44Z")
Bates Motel > **[Bates Motel (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_Motel_(TV_series))** > > Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series that aired from March 18, 2013, to April 24, 2017. It was developed by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, and Anthony Cipriano, and is produced by Universal Television and American Genre for the cable network A&E. > A "contemporary prequel" to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho (based on Robert Bloch's 1959 novel of the same name), it depicts the lives of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) prior to ... ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13776 "2017-02-18T19:56:08Z")
motel room ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13777 "2017-02-18T20:19:24Z")
rent room ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13778 "2017-02-18T21:04:05Z")
rent boy ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13779 "2017-02-18T21:20:23Z")
boy band ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13780 "2017-02-18T21:25:43Z")
Cover band ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13781 "2017-02-18T21:34:20Z")
cover artist ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13782 "2017-02-18T21:36:58Z")
Bullshit artist ---
**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:** [February 19, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13783 "2017-02-19T06:21:06Z")
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