# Misinterpreted thread titles

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/222 "2025-06-26T23:22:06Z")

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[Greatest living American elimination game (game thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715)

It read to me as a thread in which we nominate a number of great living Americans, and then gradually are left with one as the rest are eliminated by no longer being living rather than by being voted off.

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