skud: I have a glass of bourbon which is nearly empty, and a google doc in which I am writing myself a recommendation letter.
commodorified: Don't forget to remove any sentences containing the words Acquitted, Squids, or Frottage
skud: already removed them.
Which reminded me that, as I am somewhat ill and in need of amusement, it's time for word games, specifically for a round of:
Action Verbs To Avoid When Writing Your CVI'll start:
Defenestrate
Abscond
Strafe
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-27 07:11 am (UTC)Appropriate
Throw [under the bus]
Complicate
Decelerate
Concede
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:20 am (UTC)Rescind
Remonstrate
Fling
Thrust
Shovel
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:22 am (UTC)Decimate
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:27 am (UTC)entrap
delude
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:29 am (UTC)Trample.
Blow. (As applied to either fellatio or the whistle.)
Rend.
Flame.
Expose.
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:30 am (UTC)Discombobulate.
Disembowel.
Deny.
Deliverate.
My brain is stuck on D, apparently.
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:36 am (UTC)Devastate. (Can be abbreviated to "dev" at need.)
Uninstall.
Erase.
Infect.
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:38 am (UTC)Interrupt.
Backpedal.
Flee.
Ignite.
Erupt.
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:41 am (UTC)Destroy.
Manipulate.
Boyfriend suggests: obfuscate.
(We are obviously law students.)
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Date: 2012-02-27 10:34 am (UTC)Eschew obfuscation
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:46 am (UTC)Forget.
Squash.
Shiv.
Catapult.
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:53 am (UTC)Intimidate.
Interrogate.
Accidentally.
Needle.
Break.
Hijack.
Commandeer.
Besiege.
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Date: 2012-02-27 10:21 am (UTC)Problematise
Catheterise (unless applying for a job in some medical sphere where this might be appropriate)
Cauterise
Amputate
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Date: 2012-02-27 09:11 am (UTC)Extort
Coerce
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Date: 2012-02-27 09:35 am (UTC)Twisted slightly
Date: 2012-02-27 10:17 am (UTC)Lobotomize
Drop (as in acid)
Impregnate
Spank
Augur
All these words could appear on my resume or on that of someone in my family.
One of my cousins spent three years flensing the catch on an Alaskan fishing boat. Someone once asked me how one might go about preparing for a career in peeling subarctic fish. "A degree in biology from the University of Chicago."
My mother assisted doctors in lobotomizing patients when she was a young psychiatric nurse. She also dropped genuine Sandoz acid for NIMH.
One of my brothers-in-law worked as a bovine inseminator,
Spank -- well, you may be aware I've worked as a phone Domme and as an editor for a bondage website.
Augur -- I've also been a professional fortune-teller.
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Date: 2012-02-27 10:24 am (UTC)Devour
Prognosticate
Prestigitate
Stalk
Wield
Exculpate
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Date: 2012-02-27 11:21 am (UTC)Coagulate
Eternally damn
Pester
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