# 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:** 831
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16606 "2017-08-22T00:58:32Z")
tinker toys ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16607 "2017-08-22T02:37:03Z")
Christmas toys ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16608 "2017-08-22T03:59:19Z")
Toys in the attic. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16609 "2017-08-22T12:46:44Z")
1-2-3-4. Hmmm. attic fan ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16610 "2017-08-22T14:45:04Z")
ceiling fan ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16611 "2017-08-22T15:13:43Z")
ceiling leak ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16612 "2017-08-22T16:17:16Z")
memory leak ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16613 "2017-08-22T16:18:03Z")
Memory Alpha > **[Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Portal:Main)** ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16614 "2017-08-22T16:59:21Z")
Alpha Tauri > **[Aldebaran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldebaran)** > > Aldebaran (Arabic: “The Follower”, "الدبران") is a star located in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It has the Bayer designation α Tauri, which is Latinized to Alpha Tauri and abbreviated Alpha Tau or α Tau. Aldebaran varies in brightness from an apparent visual magnitude 0.75 down to 0.95, making it the brightest star in the constellation, as well as (typically) the fourteenth-brightest star in the night sky. It is positioned at a distance of approximately 65 light-years from the Sun. The sta... ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16615 "2017-08-22T18:26:43Z")
alpha male ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16616 "2017-08-22T21:52:01Z")
Male Island ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16617 "2017-08-22T21:53:08Z")
Treasure Island ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16618 "2017-08-22T23:23:41Z")
treasure chest ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16619 "2017-08-22T23:52:56Z")
puffed chest ---
**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:** [August 23, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16620 "2017-08-23T02:25:30Z")
puffed wheat ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16621 "2017-08-23T05:14:37Z")
Wheat germ ---
**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:** [August 23, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16622 "2017-08-23T13:30:44Z")
germ theory ---
**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:** [August 23, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16623 "2017-08-23T14:58:18Z")
disproved theory ---
**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:** [August 23, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16624 "2017-08-23T15:30:26Z")
political theory ---
**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:** [August 23, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16625 "2017-08-23T16:09:54Z")
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