# 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:** 920
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18386 "2018-02-28T02:44:58Z")
Fairy cake ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18387 "2018-02-28T03:51:10Z")
Pound cake ---
**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:** [February 28, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18388 "2018-02-28T03:52:33Z")
Pound sand! ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18389 "2018-02-28T07:33:06Z")
Sand Storm ---
**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:** [February 28, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18390 "2018-02-28T15:41:18Z")
Storm Saxon ---
**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:** [February 28, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18391 "2018-02-28T15:54:17Z")
Saxon England ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18392 "2018-02-28T19:40:25Z")
England Dan ---
**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:** [February 28, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18393 "2018-02-28T22:58:08Z")
first dan > **[Dan (rank)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(rank))** > > The dan (段) ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial art organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was originally used at a Go school during the Edo period. It is now also used in most modern Japanese fine and martial arts. > Martial arts writer Takao Nakaya claims that this dan system was first applied to martial arts in Japan by Kanō Jigorō (1860–... ---
**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:** [February 28, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18394 "2018-02-28T23:22:08Z")
first blood ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18395 "2018-03-01T00:25:55Z")
first grade ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18396 "2018-03-01T00:27:13Z")
steep grade ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18397 "2018-03-01T01:01:53Z")
steep price ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18398 "2018-03-01T01:04:10Z")
Vincent Price ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18399 "2018-03-01T07:34:20Z")
Price Reduction ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18400 "2018-03-01T09:45:33Z")
weight reduction ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18401 "2018-03-01T12:07:48Z")
Net weight ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18402 "2018-03-01T13:05:27Z")
butterfly net ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18403 "2018-03-01T14:55:43Z")
butterfly effect > **[Butterfly effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect)** > > In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state. > The term is closely associated with the work of mathematician and meteorologist Edward Norton Lorenz. He noted that the butterfly effect is derived from the metaphorical example of the details of a tornado (the exact time of formation, the exact path taken) being influenced by minor pertu... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18404 "2018-03-01T20:10:59Z")
special effects. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18405 "2018-03-01T20:49:31Z")
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