# 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\
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**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17146 "2017-10-20T23:50:22Z")

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wedding night

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17147 "2017-10-20T23:56:46Z")

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night owl

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**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:** [October 21, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17148 "2017-10-21T00:00:54Z")

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wise owl

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**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:** [October 21, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17149 "2017-10-21T00:51:24Z")

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wise men

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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:** [October 21, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17150 "2017-10-21T14:19:54Z")

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Mad Men

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17151 "2017-10-21T14:27:15Z")

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Mad Magazine

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**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17152 "2017-10-21T14:46:55Z")

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Magazine stand

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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:** [October 21, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17153 "2017-10-21T16:51:02Z")

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Stand pat

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**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:** [October 21, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17154 "2017-10-21T18:16:57Z")

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Pat Sajak

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**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:** [October 21, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17155 "2017-10-21T18:40:32Z")

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back pat

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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:** [October 21, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17156 "2017-10-21T19:19:47Z")

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running back

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17157 "2017-10-22T03:42:04Z")

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running away

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**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:** [October 22, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17158 "2017-10-22T03:50:52Z")

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\*Silent Running  
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> **[Silent Running](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Running)**
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> Silent Running is a 1972 American environmental-themed science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, and Jesse Vint.
> In the future, all plant life on Earth has become extinct due to an unexplained cause. As many specimens as possible have been preserved in a series of enormous greenhouse-like geodesic domes attached to large cargo spaceships, forming part of a fleet of eight "American Airlines Space Freighters", stationed ...

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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:** [October 22, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17159 "2017-10-22T13:41:59Z")

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Silent Night

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17160 "2017-10-22T15:08:38Z")

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Night Moves

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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:** [October 22, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17161 "2017-10-22T19:05:05Z")

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Moves mountains

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**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:** [October 22, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17162 "2017-10-22T23:46:02Z")

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Rocky Mountains

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**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:** [October 23, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17163 "2017-10-23T02:35:45Z")

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Rocky Balboa

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17164 "2017-10-23T02:53:54Z")

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Rocky road

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**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:** [October 23, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17165 "2017-10-23T11:14:02Z")

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