# 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:** 759

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15165 "2017-04-28T12:35:54Z")

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Brother Theodore

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**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:** [April 28, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15166 "2017-04-28T13:16:44Z")

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Theodore Roosevelt

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**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:** [April 28, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15167 "2017-04-28T13:33:35Z")

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15168 "2017-04-28T14:59:07Z")

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Roosevelt Hotel

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**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:** [April 28, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15169 "2017-04-28T15:08:50Z")

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Roosevelt Island

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**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:** [April 28, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15170 "2017-04-28T19:04:25Z")

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Mysterious Island

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**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:** [April 28, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15171 "2017-04-28T20:48:31Z")

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Long Island

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15172 "2017-04-28T22:08:01Z")

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_Gilligan’s Island_

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15173 "2017-04-28T22:47:19Z")

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Island Girls (a bar in Barrio Barretto, near Subic Bay – though I hear it’s gone now)

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**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:** [April 29, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15174 "2017-04-29T00:45:12Z")

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Fantasy Island

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15175 "2017-04-29T01:54:06Z")

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[Fantasy Showbar](http://www.brianphickey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1606656202_119d471903.jpg) :o

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**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:** [April 29, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15176 "2017-04-29T05:40:33Z")

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fantasy baseball

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15177 "2017-04-29T15:27:28Z")

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baseball bat

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**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:** [April 29, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15178 "2017-04-29T15:41:50Z")

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bat mitzvah

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**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:** [April 29, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15179 "2017-04-29T16:30:21Z")

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bar mitzvah

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**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15180 "2017-04-29T16:39:30Z")

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bar stools

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**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:** [April 29, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15181 "2017-04-29T18:35:41Z")

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loose stools

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15182 "2017-04-29T20:43:59Z")

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Loose lips

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**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:** [April 29, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15183 "2017-04-29T20:57:39Z")

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Hot Lips

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15184 "2017-04-29T22:03:44Z")

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hot toddy

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