# 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:** 708
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14144 "2017-03-06T09:58:13Z")
Tobacco Road ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14145 "2017-03-06T11:50:50Z")
tobacco products ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14146 "2017-03-06T14:11:11Z")
chemical products ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14147 "2017-03-06T14:14:52Z")
Chemical Warfare ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14148 "2017-03-06T14:36:03Z")
medieval warfare ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14149 "2017-03-06T14:53:25Z")
nuclear warfare ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14150 "2017-03-06T15:36:32Z")
nuclear vessel (or “nuclear wessels” in some cases…) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14151 "2017-03-06T15:51:09Z")
nuclear warhead ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14152 "2017-03-06T16:39:30Z")
Warhead SuperSours ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14153 "2017-03-06T18:57:45Z")
missile warhead ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14154 "2017-03-06T19:07:35Z")
Missile Command ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14155 "2017-03-06T20:30:51Z")
command performance ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14156 "2017-03-06T20:31:44Z")
performance anxiety ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14157 "2017-03-06T20:32:50Z")
Optimum Performance ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14158 "2017-03-06T21:42:57Z")
optimum weight ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14159 "2017-03-06T22:11:17Z")
Weight Watchers ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14160 "2017-03-06T23:39:33Z")
net weight ---
**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:** [March 7, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14161 "2017-03-07T00:33:07Z")
cargo net ---
**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:** [March 7, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14162 "2017-03-07T00:45:31Z")
cargo cult > **[Cargo cult](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult)** > > A cargo cult is a Melanesian indigenist millenarian belief system, often characterised as one in which adherents perform rituals which they believe will cause a more technologically advanced society to deliver goods. The consensus amongst scholars is however more nuanced, noting that such movements have to be understood as counter-colonial reactions to changing social and economic conditions, and that the 'cargo' aspect of such movements has been decontextualized, to the detriment of a fuller u... ---
**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:** [March 7, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/14163 "2017-03-07T01:37:10Z")
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