# 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:** 841
**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:** [September 16, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16806 "2017-09-16T00:34:01Z")
super villain ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16807 "2017-09-16T01:03:46Z")
stock villain ---
**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:** [September 16, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16808 "2017-09-16T02:10:45Z")
stock boy ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16809 "2017-09-16T04:34:07Z")
baby boy ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16810 "2017-09-16T06:03:52Z")
baby face ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16811 "2017-09-16T11:37:49Z")
Smiley face ---
**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:** [September 16, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16812 "2017-09-16T12:12:25Z")
Smiley’s people > **[Smiley's People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley%27s_People)** > > Smiley's People is a spy novel by British writer John le Carré, published in 1979. Featuring British master-spy George Smiley, it is the third and final novel of the "Karla Trilogy", following Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy. George Smiley is called out of retirement to investigate the death of one of his old agents: a former Soviet general, the head of an Estonian émigré organisation based in London. Smiley learns the general had discovered information that will lead to... ---
**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:** [September 16, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16813 "2017-09-16T15:16:24Z")
[People Mover](http://www.yesterland.com/peoplemover.html) ---
**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:** [September 17, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16814 "2017-09-17T13:48:25Z")
prime mover ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16815 "2017-09-17T14:15:48Z")
prime cut ---
**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:** [September 17, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16816 "2017-09-17T15:04:16Z")
cut above ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16817 "2017-09-18T03:33:36Z")
above board ---
**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:** [September 18, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16818 "2017-09-18T12:35:48Z")
board room ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16819 "2017-09-18T14:21:18Z")
dining room ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16820 "2017-09-18T19:09:44Z")
Fine dining ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16821 "2017-09-18T20:23:29Z")
dining car ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16822 "2017-09-18T21:00:18Z")
car wash ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16823 "2017-09-18T23:21:40Z")
clown car ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16824 "2017-09-19T00:03:36Z")
clown college ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16825 "2017-09-19T01:25:15Z")
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