commodorified: Skud is catching up on business correspondance

commodorified (

commodorified) wrote,
@ 2012-02-27 01:58 am UTC

Crossposts:

http://commodorified.livejournal.com/429043.html

Skud is catching up on business correspondance

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 CV

I'll start:

Defenestrate
Abscond
Strafe

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	no subject recessional 2012-02-27 07:10 am UTC (link)
	Excoriate. (Reply to this)

	no subject epershand 2012-02-27 07:11 am UTC (link)
	Capitulate Appropriate Throw [under the bus] Complicate Decelerate Concede (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject azurelunatic 2012-02-27 10:19 am UTC (link)
	Levitate. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject kd5mdk 2012-02-27 07:16 am UTC (link)
	Polandate. (Reply to this)

	no subject commodorified 2012-02-27 07:20 am UTC (link)
	Eviscerate (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject girlpearl 2012-03-03 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Well now, some of us can make a legitimate claim on that one. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject fairestcat 2012-02-27 07:20 am UTC (link)
	Conceal Rescind Remonstrate Fling Thrust Shovel (Reply to this)

	no subject commodorified 2012-02-27 07:22 am UTC (link)
	Sodomise Decimate (Reply to this)

	no subject commodorified 2012-02-27 07:27 am UTC (link)
	congeal entrap delude (Reply to this)

	no subject azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:29 am UTC (link)
	Fist. Trample. Blow. (As applied to either fellatio or the whistle.) Rend. Flame. Expose. (Reply to this)

	no subject thorfinn 2012-02-27 07:30 am UTC (link)
	Deliquesce. Discombobulate. Disembowel. Deny. Deliverate. My brain is stuck on D, apparently. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:34 am UTC (link)
	True story, so my high school buddy who microwaved the cordless phone that one time actually kept a katana in the trunk of his car when doing pizza delivery. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

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	no subject denise 2012-02-27 07:31 am UTC (link)
	Explode. (Reply to this)

	no subject azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:36 am UTC (link)
	Incinerate. Devastate. (Can be abbreviated to "dev" at need.) Uninstall. Erase. Infect. (Reply to this)

	no subject azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:38 am UTC (link)
	Contaminate. Interrupt. Backpedal. Flee. Ignite. Erupt. (Reply to this)

	no subject dorothean 2012-02-27 07:40 am UTC (link)
	Exorcise, inseminate, transubstantiate, decorticate, macerate, impale. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 12 comments) (Show 12 comments)

	no subject automaticdoor 2012-02-27 07:42 am UTC (link)
	Hey, if you were applying to be a priest, exorcising and transubstantiating would be perfectly fine! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 10 comments) (Show 10 comments)

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automaticdoor, 2012-02-27 07:48 am UTC (Expand)

Action verbs to avoid on THAT CV -

commodorified, 2012-02-27 07:51 am UTC (Expand)

Re: Action verbs to avoid on THAT CV -

azurelunatic, 2012-02-27 07:54 am UTC (Expand)

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	no subject automaticdoor 2012-02-27 07:41 am UTC (link)
	Shred. Destroy. Manipulate. Boyfriend suggests: obfuscate. (We are obviously law students.) Last edited 2012-02-27 07:46 am UTC (adding in one more word.) (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject chickenfeet 2012-02-27 10:34 am UTC (link)
	boyfriend obviously does not aspire to a position in the Civil Service (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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	no subject thorfinn 2012-02-27 07:42 am UTC (link)
	Also, do not abbrev. Analyst Programmer to four letters per word. Unless applying for jobs at NSFW organisations. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject inoru_no_hoshi 2012-02-27 07:45 am UTC (link)
	LOL IRL! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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	no subject azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:46 am UTC (link)
	Neglect. Forget. Squash. Shiv. Catapult. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject skud 2012-02-27 12:08 pm UTC (link)
	Shiv is a great one. I have been having trouble thinking of good ones that aren't latinate, and that's the best I've seen so far. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:53 am UTC (link)
	Weep. Intimidate. Interrogate. Accidentally. Needle. Break. Hijack. Commandeer. Besiege. (Reply to this)

	no subject oursin 2012-02-27 08:25 am UTC (link)
	Marmolise (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject oursin 2012-02-27 10:21 am UTC (link)
	Absquatulate Problematise Catheterise (unless applying for a job in some medical sphere where this might be appropriate) Cauterise Amputate (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject commodorified 2012-02-27 09:11 am UTC (link)
	Suppress Extort Coerce Last edited 2012-02-27 05:06 pm UTC (Reply to this)

	no subject whump 2012-02-27 09:35 am UTC (link)
	Imminentize (possibly okay if applying for positions with security clearances) (Reply to this)

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wordweaverlynn
2012-02-27 10:17 am UTC (link)

Flense
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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	no subject kayloulee 2012-02-27 10:24 am UTC (link)
	Kill Devour Prognosticate Prestigitate Stalk Wield Exculpate (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject highlander_ii 2012-02-28 06:39 am UTC (link)
	was this 'Prestigitate' meant to be 'Prestidigitate'? In which case, it would be greatly appreciated when applying as a magician, but likely, not so much otherwise. XD (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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	no subject northern 2012-02-27 10:48 am UTC (link)
	Vivisect. (Reply to this)

	no subject nenya_kanadka 2012-02-27 11:21 am UTC (link)
	Hypnotise Coagulate Eternally damn Pester (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject zingerella 2012-02-27 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	I actually do use "pester" in cover letters: I'm a project manager, and a major part of my job is pestering people so charmingly that they don't feel pestered, in order to get them to give me their stuff by the deadlines to which they agreed in the first place. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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	no subject ell 2012-02-27 11:40 am UTC (link)
	Skeletonize. (Reply to this)

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