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commodorified ([personal profile] commodorified) wrote2012-02-27 01:58 am

Skud is catching up on business correspondance

[personal profile] skud: I have a glass of bourbon which is nearly empty, and a google doc in which I am writing myself a recommendation letter.
[personal profile] commodorified: Don't forget to remove any sentences containing the words Acquitted, Squids, or Frottage
[personal profile] 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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[personal profile] recessional 2012-02-27 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
Excoriate.
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[personal profile] epershand 2012-02-27 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
Capitulate
Appropriate
Throw [under the bus]
Complicate
Decelerate
Concede
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[personal profile] kd5mdk 2012-02-27 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Polandate.
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[personal profile] fairestcat 2012-02-27 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Conceal
Rescind
Remonstrate
Fling
Thrust
Shovel
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Fist.

Trample.
Blow. (As applied to either fellatio or the whistle.)
Rend.
Flame.
Expose.
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[personal profile] thorfinn 2012-02-27 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
Deliquesce.
Discombobulate.
Disembowel.
Deny.
Deliverate.

My brain is stuck on D, apparently.
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[staff profile] denise 2012-02-27 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
Explode.
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[personal profile] 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.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Incinerate.
Devastate. (Can be abbreviated to "dev" at need.)
Uninstall.
Erase.
Infect.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
Contaminate.
Interrupt.
Backpedal.
Flee.
Ignite.
Erupt.
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[personal profile] dorothean 2012-02-27 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Exorcise, inseminate, transubstantiate, decorticate, macerate, impale.
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[personal profile] thorfinn 2012-02-27 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Was this before or after having reading a certain novel? :-)
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Slightly before, as I directly insisted that he borrow my copy.
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[personal profile] automaticdoor 2012-02-27 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Shred.
Destroy.
Manipulate.

Boyfriend suggests: obfuscate.

(We are obviously law students.)
Edited (adding in one more word.) 2012-02-27 07:46 (UTC)
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[personal profile] 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!
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[personal profile] 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.
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[personal profile] thorfinn 2012-02-27 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
That is hilarious. :-)
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[personal profile] inoru_no_hoshi 2012-02-27 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
LOL IRL!
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Neglect.
Forget.
Squash.
Shiv.
Catapult.
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[personal profile] dorothean 2012-02-27 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
I think that technically God is supposed to be doing those things through the priest, though, so on a resume one might say

* Enabled sacraments
* Acted as instrument for exorcism
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[personal profile] automaticdoor 2012-02-27 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
That is true! Good call.

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