delete word after or around cursor in VIM

Question

I\'m now switching to VIM from TextMate. I found ^+W in INSERT mode very useful. However, I\'d like to delete not only the word before cursor, but

Answer 1

The accepted answer fails when trying to repeat deleting words, try this solution instead:

" delete current word, insert and normal modes
inoremap  bdw
noremap  bdw

It maps CTRL-BackSpace, also working in normal mode.