# 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:** 859
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17166 "2017-10-23T11:17:04Z")
Weekend warrior ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17167 "2017-10-23T14:52:59Z")
HMS _Warrior_ > **[HMS Warrior (1860)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warrior_(1860))** > > HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate\[Note 1\] built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. Warrior conducted a publicity tour of Great Britain in 1863 and spent her active career with the Channel Squadron. Obs... ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17168 "2017-10-23T16:24:36Z")
HMS Victory ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17169 "2017-10-23T16:37:19Z")
Victory garden ---
**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 23, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17170 "2017-10-23T20:30:24Z")
garden snake ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17171 "2017-10-23T20:46:36Z")
coral snake ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17172 "2017-10-23T23:56:54Z")
Coral Gables ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17173 "2017-10-24T01:01:00Z")
Clark Gable ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17174 "2017-10-24T02:40:17Z")
Clark bar ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17175 "2017-10-24T03:35:08Z")
Clark Kent ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17176 "2017-10-24T11:09:32Z")
Kent State ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17177 "2017-10-24T12:40:24Z")
State line ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17178 "2017-10-24T15:21:36Z")
state trooper ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17179 "2017-10-24T16:28:09Z")
Starship Trooper ---
**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 24, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17180 "2017-10-24T18:43:25Z")
Starship Enterprise ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17181 "2017-10-24T19:08:37Z")
free enterprise ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17182 "2017-10-24T20:11:57Z")
Free Bird! ---
**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 24, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17183 "2017-10-24T20:15:02Z")
“Surfin Bird” ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17184 "2017-10-24T20:46:34Z")
Big Bird ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17185 "2017-10-24T22:33:57Z")
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