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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
kd5mdk: (better than nerve disruptor)

[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 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Incinerate.
Devastate. (Can be abbreviated to "dev" at need.)
Uninstall.
Erase.
Infect.
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)

[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] 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] 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.
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)

[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Neglect.
Forget.
Squash.
Shiv.
Catapult.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
Weep.
Intimidate.
Interrogate.
Accidentally.
Needle.
Break.
Hijack.
Commandeer.
Besiege.
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[personal profile] oursin 2012-02-27 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
Marmolise
emceeaich: Big rocks from outer space solve many problems. (boom)

[personal profile] emceeaich 2012-02-27 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
Imminentize (possibly okay if applying for positions with security clearances)
wordweaverlynn: (wtf)

Twisted slightly

[personal profile] 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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[personal profile] kayloulee 2012-02-27 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
Kill
Devour
Prognosticate
Prestigitate
Stalk
Wield
Exculpate
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[personal profile] northern 2012-02-27 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
Vivisect.
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[personal profile] nenya_kanadka 2012-02-27 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Hypnotise
Coagulate
Eternally damn
Pester
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[personal profile] ell 2012-02-27 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
Skeletonize.

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