# 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:** ![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:** [January 21, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18046 "2018-01-21T03:19:29Z")

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Oh God

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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:** [January 21, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18047 "2018-01-21T16:59:37Z")

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God particle

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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:** [January 21, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18048 "2018-01-21T18:57:18Z")

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God bless

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18049 "2018-01-22T01:42:01Z")

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bless me

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18050 "2018-01-22T03:24:02Z")

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kiss me

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18051 "2018-01-22T04:29:12Z")

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French kiss

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18052 "2018-01-22T11:48:02Z")

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french fries

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18053 "2018-01-22T12:01:31Z")

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Freedom Fries

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18054 "2018-01-22T12:40:45Z")

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individual freedom

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18055 "2018-01-22T12:42:56Z")

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Rugged indivudual

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18056 "2018-01-22T14:19:44Z")

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Rugged Cross  
ref: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXAqoZuYvyA)

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18057 "2018-01-22T14:53:45Z")

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cross training

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18058 "2018-01-22T18:28:12Z")

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potty training

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18059 "2018-01-22T18:44:51Z")

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potty mouth

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18060 "2018-01-22T18:50:31Z")

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cave mouth

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18061 "2018-01-22T22:17:39Z")

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Mammoth Cave

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18062 "2018-01-23T00:35:51Z")

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Woolly Mammoth

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18063 "2018-01-23T01:44:17Z")

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Wooly Bully

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KZJiGu6Gz8E/hqdefault.jpg "Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs Woolly Bully") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZJiGu6Gz8E)

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18064 "2018-01-23T15:21:43Z")

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bully pulpit

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18065 "2018-01-23T15:27:22Z")

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bully beef

> **[Bully beef](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bully_beef)**
>
> Bully beef (also known as corned beef in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and other Commonwealth countries as well as the United States) is a variety of meat made from finely minced corned beef in a small amount of gelatin. The name "bully beef" likely comes from the French bouilli (meaning "boiled") in Napoleonic times, or possibly from the head of a bull depicted on the popular Hereford brand of canned corned beef. The cans have a distinctive oblong shape. Bully beef ...

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