# 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:** ![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:** [November 26, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17606 "2017-11-26T16:39:22Z")

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Making Movies

> **[Making Movies](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_Movies)**
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> Making Movies is the third studio album by British rock band Dire Straits released on 17 October 1980 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album includes the single "Romeo and Juliet", which reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as “Tunnel of Love,” featured in the 1982 Richard Gere film An Officer and a Gentleman.
> Making Movies reached number one on the album charts in Italy and Norway, number 19 in the United ...

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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:** [November 26, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17607 "2017-11-26T16:44:47Z")

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home movies

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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:** [November 26, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17608 "2017-11-26T18:59:28Z")

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home fries

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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:** [November 26, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17609 "2017-11-26T20:14:53Z")

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French fries

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**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17610 "2017-11-27T00:30:52Z")

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French kiss

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17611 "2017-11-27T00:58:20Z")

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kiss off

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17612 "2017-11-27T02:00:36Z")

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off season

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17613 "2017-11-27T02:20:31Z")

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off switch

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17614 "2017-11-27T04:03:46Z")

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time off

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**Author:** ![Lickety\_Split\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lickety\_Split\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lickety_Split_1)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17615 "2017-11-27T04:06:01Z")

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Miller time!

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17616 "2017-11-27T04:20:15Z")

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Arthur Miller

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17617 "2017-11-27T11:49:49Z")

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King Arthur

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17618 "2017-11-27T14:18:31Z")

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_Sky King_

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17619 "2017-11-27T14:26:26Z")

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Big Sky

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17620 "2017-11-27T14:29:01Z")

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Book him

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**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:** [November 27, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17621 "2017-11-27T20:45:35Z")

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Don’t grok Annie Xmas’s reply. Playing off of Barnacle’s right above.

in play: Big Ten

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17622 "2017-11-27T20:55:16Z")

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> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> Don’t grok Annie Xmas’s reply. Playing off of Barnacle’s right above.
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> in play: Big Ten

I think she saying she wants me arrested.

Hang Ten

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17623 "2017-11-27T20:55:26Z")

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hang ten

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17624 "2017-11-27T22:43:17Z")

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hang man

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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:** [November 28, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/17625 "2017-11-28T00:49:26Z")

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Plastic Man

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