# 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:** 927
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18526 "2018-03-13T14:56:33Z")
Top Gun ---
**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 13, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18527 "2018-03-13T14:57:01Z")
hired gun ---
**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 13, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18528 "2018-03-13T15:04:43Z")
hired help ---
**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 13, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18529 "2018-03-13T21:44:35Z")
help me ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18530 "2018-03-14T01:06:04Z")
Me, Tarzan! ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18531 "2018-03-14T01:28:20Z")
Me, Tarzan! ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18532 "2018-03-14T01:29:39Z")
Disney’s Tarzan ---
**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 14, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18533 "2018-03-14T14:00:55Z")
\*Tarzan’s Revenge \* ---
**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 14, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18534 "2018-03-14T17:41:47Z")
Revenge pact ---
**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 14, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18535 "2018-03-14T20:49:31Z")
Warsaw Pact ---
**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 14, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18536 "2018-03-14T20:57:38Z")
Warsaw, Poland ---
**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 14, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18537 "2018-03-14T21:55:02Z")
Greater Poland ---
**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 14, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18538 "2018-03-14T21:57:39Z")
invading Poland ---
**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 14, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18539 "2018-03-14T23:47:38Z")
invading space/Space Invading ---
**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 15, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18540 "2018-03-15T01:21:50Z")
Space Ghost ---
**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 15, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18541 "2018-03-15T01:58:50Z")
ghost pepper ---
**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 15, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18542 "2018-03-15T02:01:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Space Ghost -out of play- S-P-A-A-A-C-E G-H-O-O-S-T! -you may return to play- ---
**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 15, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18543 "2018-03-15T13:16:24Z")
Pepper Pike > **[Pepper Pike, Ohio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_Pike,_Ohio)** > > Pepper Pike is a city in eastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,796 as of the 2020 census. It is an affluent suburb of the Cleveland metropolitan area. > In 1763, sixteen pioneers settled the area along the eastern border of present-day Cuyahoga County. In 1763, Orange Township was established, which included the present municipalities of Pepper Pike, Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills, Orange Village and Woodmere. Orange Township was the birthplace of President James A. Ga... ---
**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 15, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18544 "2018-03-15T15:08:07Z")
pike square > **[Pike square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_square)** > > The pike square (German: Gevierthaufen, lit. 'square crowd', or Gewalthaufen lit. 'crowd of force') was a military tactical formation in which 10 rows of men in 10 columns wielding pikes developed by the Swiss Confederacy during the 14th century for use by its infantry. > The pike square was used to devastating effect at the Battle of Nancy against Charles the Bold of Burgundy in 1477, when the Swiss defeated a smaller but more powerful armored cavalry force. The battle is generally seen as one of... ---
**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 15, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/18545 "2018-03-15T21:58:59Z")
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