# 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:** 923
**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:** [March 6, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18446 "2018-03-06T00:51:37Z")
wild animal ---
**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 6, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18447 "2018-03-06T01:44:01Z")
animal spirits > **[Animal spirits (Keynes)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_spirits_(Keynes))** > > Animal spirits is a term used by John Maynard Keynes in his 1936 book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money to describe the instincts, proclivities and emotions that ostensibly influence and guide human behavior, and which can be measured in terms of, for example, consumer confidence. > The original passage by Keynes reads: > Even apart from the instability due to speculation, there is the instability due to the characteristic of human nature that a large proportion of our positive a... ---
**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 6, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18448 "2018-03-06T02:26:47Z")
Animal House ---
**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 6, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18449 "2018-03-06T02:31:33Z")
house guest ---
**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 6, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18450 "2018-03-06T16:03:16Z")
guest worker ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18451 "2018-03-07T00:36:29Z")
worker ant ---
**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 7, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18452 "2018-03-07T02:13:37Z")
miracle worker ---
**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 7, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18453 "2018-03-07T03:54:48Z")
Christmas miracle ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18454 "2018-03-07T04:45:57Z")
Christmas Seals ---
**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 7, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18455 "2018-03-07T15:02:43Z")
elephant seals ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18456 "2018-03-07T15:37:25Z")
official seals ---
**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 7, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18457 "2018-03-07T16:18:26Z")
elected official ---
**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 7, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18458 "2018-03-07T17:27:51Z")
official line ---
**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 7, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18459 "2018-03-07T17:45:45Z")
line item ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18460 "2018-03-07T17:56:30Z")
item received ---
**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 7, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18461 "2018-03-07T19:11:12Z")
hot item ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18462 "2018-03-07T21:12:54Z")
hot mustard ---
**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 8, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18463 "2018-03-08T01:39:20Z")
brown mustard ---
**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 8, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18464 "2018-03-08T01:44:51Z")
brown cow ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18465 "2018-03-08T02:45:13Z")
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