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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] 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] chickenfeet 2012-02-27 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
boyfriend obviously does not aspire to a position in the Civil Service
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Eschew obfuscation

[personal profile] james_g4clf 2012-02-27 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
So, obviously, eschew.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-04-29 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
I can actually now list "shred" as a job experience skill. The documents were irritatingly large-format, internal-sensitive (and there's a policy about generally shredding papers even when not deemed necessary), and past their reasonable retention date.