# 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:** 955
**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:** [May 10, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19086 "2018-05-10T18:37:22Z")
about time ---
**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:** [May 10, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19087 "2018-05-10T18:57:27Z")
time management ---
**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:** [May 10, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19088 "2018-05-10T20:15:57Z")
middle management ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19089 "2018-05-11T00:20:04Z")
middle school ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19090 "2018-05-11T01:18:07Z")
school chum ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19091 "2018-05-11T01:22:54Z")
shark chum ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19092 "2018-05-11T02:16:21Z")
shark fin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19093 "2018-05-11T02:42:30Z")
fin whale ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19094 "2018-05-11T04:50:00Z")
blue whale ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19095 "2018-05-11T13:56:06Z")
Blue Train ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19096 "2018-05-11T14:16:16Z")
Night Train ---
**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19097 "2018-05-11T14:33:33Z")
train whistle ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19098 "2018-05-11T14:50:43Z")
[whistle pig](https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/02/02/groundhog-etymology-woodchuck/) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19099 "2018-05-11T18:53:33Z")
pig iron [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/be4aTNEmCgc/hqdefault.jpg "Johnny Cash - Rock island line") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be4aTNEmCgc) ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19100 "2018-05-11T19:12:08Z")
cast iron ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19101 "2018-05-11T19:14:05Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:19099, topic:719013”] pig iron [/QUOTE] (My father-in-law was an agent on the Rock Island Line, much further north than the song) iron horse ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19102 "2018-05-11T19:25:43Z")
Iron Maiden ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19103 "2018-05-11T19:40:43Z")
Iron Man ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19104 "2018-05-12T01:40:01Z")
man made ---
**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:** [May 12, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19105 "2018-05-12T01:46:39Z")
(Can I go with “made man”?) In play: home made [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013.md?page=954) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013.md?page=956)