# 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:** 761
**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:** [May 1, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15205 "2017-05-01T20:02:31Z")
kangaroo boxing ---
**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:** [May 1, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15206 "2017-05-01T20:52:28Z")
Boxing Helena ---
**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:** [May 1, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15207 "2017-05-01T21:04:21Z")
Saint Helena > **[Helena, mother of Constantine I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_(empress))** > > Flavia Julia Helena Augusta\[a\] (also known as Saint Helena\[b\] and Helena of Constantinople, /ˈhɛlənə/; Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248– c. 330) was an Augusta and Empress of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. She was born in the lower classes traditionally in the Greek city of Drepanon, Bithynia, in Asia Minor, which was renamed Helenopolis in her honor, though several locations have been proposed for her birthplace and origin. > Helena ranks as an important figur... ---
**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:** [May 1, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15208 "2017-05-01T22:05:11Z")
Helena Montana ---
**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:** [May 1, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15209 "2017-05-01T23:56:10Z")
Hannah Montana ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15210 "2017-05-02T00:50:46Z")
Joe Montana ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15211 "2017-05-02T01:02:47Z")
Joe Camel ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15212 "2017-05-02T01:22:06Z")
camel jockey ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15213 "2017-05-02T04:42:17Z")
Jockey shorts ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15214 "2017-05-02T10:36:48Z")
lawn jockey ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15215 "2017-05-02T12:52:48Z")
lawn tennis ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15216 "2017-05-02T12:57:30Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Saint Helena > > [Helena, mother of Constantine I - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_(empress)) Link fixed (the SD automatically puts the close-parentheses on the _outside_ of the URL brackets, unfortunately). In play: tennis court ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15217 "2017-05-02T13:37:04Z")
kangaroo court ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15218 "2017-05-02T14:45:25Z")
Supreme Court ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15219 "2017-05-02T15:39:02Z")
banana supreme ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15220 "2017-05-02T15:54:24Z")
second banana ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15221 "2017-05-02T16:18:50Z")
second breakfast ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15222 "2017-05-02T16:31:01Z")
Second City ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15223 "2017-05-02T16:39:13Z")
City Slickers ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/15224 "2017-05-02T18:26:22Z")
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