# 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:** 696
**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 23, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13904 "2017-02-23T07:50:34Z")
Trojan War ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13905 "2017-02-23T08:55:40Z")
Trade war ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13906 "2017-02-23T11:43:20Z")
fair trade ---
**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 23, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13907 "2017-02-23T15:29:39Z")
State Fair ---
**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:** [February 23, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13908 "2017-02-23T16:18:10Z")
fair dinkum ---
**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 23, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13909 "2017-02-23T17:30:33Z")
Vanity Fair ---
**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:** [February 23, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13910 "2017-02-23T18:05:01Z")
Vanity 6 ---
**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 23, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13911 "2017-02-23T19:29:34Z")
6 degrees ---
**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 23, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13912 "2017-02-23T19:34:14Z")
degrees separation ---
**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 23, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13913 "2017-02-23T20:54:22Z")
separation anxiety ---
**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 23, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13914 "2017-02-23T21:10:15Z")
anxiety medication ---
**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:** [February 23, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13915 "2017-02-23T21:41:05Z")
prescription medication ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13916 "2017-02-23T23:22:13Z")
prescription pad ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13917 "2017-02-23T23:23:36Z")
shoulder pad ---
**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:** [February 23, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13918 "2017-02-23T23:25:28Z")
separated shoulder ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13919 "2017-02-23T23:25:29Z")
soft shoulder ---
**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 23, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13920 "2017-02-23T23:54:39Z")
soft shoe ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13921 "2017-02-24T00:34:24Z")
tennis shoes ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13922 "2017-02-24T00:47:13Z")
tennis net ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13923 "2017-02-24T01:29:50Z")
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