# 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:** 987
**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:** [July 9, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19726 "2018-07-09T02:00:50Z")
beaver fever > **[Giardiasis (beaver fever)](https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/giardiasis/fact_sheet.htm)** > > Communicable Disease Fact Sheet, giardiasis ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19727 "2018-07-09T03:04:31Z")
scarlet fever ---
**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:** [July 9, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19728 "2018-07-09T12:35:25Z")
Scarlet Witch ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19729 "2018-07-09T15:38:56Z")
wicked witch ---
**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:** [July 9, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19730 "2018-07-09T17:00:52Z")
_Sea Witch_ > **[Sea Witch (clipper)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Witch_(clipper))** > > Sea Witch was an American clipper ship designed by naval architect John W. Griffiths for the China trading firm of Howland & Aspinwall. She was launched at Smith & Dimon in Manhattan on December 8, 1846. > "In 1845, John Willis Griffiths built the fast ship Rainbow and followed it in the next year with the even faster Sea Witch. Both vessels would have tremendous impact on merchant hull design. Sea Witch, in fact, had more influence on the configuration of fast vessels than any other ship built i... ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19731 "2018-07-09T17:49:22Z")
Sea dog ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19732 "2018-07-09T19:24:25Z")
dog paddle ---
**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:** [July 9, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19733 "2018-07-09T20:20:06Z")
canoe paddle ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19734 "2018-07-10T00:13:40Z")
paddle board ---
**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:** [July 10, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19735 "2018-07-10T01:39:25Z")
paddle tennis ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19736 "2018-07-10T03:52:42Z")
tennis ball ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19737 "2018-07-10T11:18:15Z")
tether ball ---
**Author:** ![Bonzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@Bonzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonzi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19738 "2018-07-10T12:43:23Z")
ball bearing ---
**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:** [July 10, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19739 "2018-07-10T13:13:08Z")
bearing arms ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19740 "2018-07-10T16:17:34Z")
arms akimbo ---
**Author:** ![Bonzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@Bonzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonzi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19741 "2018-07-10T16:18:56Z")
Side Arms ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19742 "2018-07-10T16:24:36Z")
Side saddle ---
**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:** [July 10, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19743 "2018-07-10T17:51:50Z")
saddle sore ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19744 "2018-07-10T18:29:15Z")
Saddle Oxfords ---
**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:** [July 10, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/19745 "2018-07-10T22:23:13Z")
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