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'I sent in my resume, not a prison record.'

DEFINITION: To submit a resume, letter of intent, or proposal for an opportunity that's just perfect for you, and then to get absolutely no response. Nothing.

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Curriculumvacuum

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: kurr ick you lum vack youm

Sentence: His resume was sucken into the curriculumvacuum, tearing off a large chunk of his self-confidence as it sped toward the void

Etymology: curriculum vitae vacuum

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COMMENTS:

Fantastic! I think this is where I'm supposed to pull content for the class I was hired to teach this summer. Would it have killed them to get textbooks? - ErWenn, 2007-06-27: 06:40:00

All right! - Clayton, 2007-06-27: 21:04:00

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Perfectascrew

Created by: kikiec83

Pronunciation: PUR-FECK-AH-SKRU

Sentence: While Egor believed a "Carrie" theme was incredibly appropriate for their senior prom, the student body exec board's immediate revocation of his invite was an apparent perfectascrew.

Etymology: Middle English parfit, from Anglo-French, from Latin perfectus, to carry out, from per- thoroughly to make, do; scrue, usually vulgar, fucked, rejected

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Snubmit

whimsy

Created by: whimsy

Pronunciation: snuhb-MIT

Sentence: Tom turned in his application with perfect faith in his immaculate resume, only to be dealt a devastating blow when he realized he only snubmitted the form in vain.

Etymology: snub + submit

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Resimuated

Created by: jasmine90909

Pronunciation: (rez-im-U-ated)

Sentence: I sent in my resume, but the guy resimuated me.

Etymology:

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Frasume

Created by: missmurder

Pronunciation: frai-su-may

Sentence: It sucks when you get a fresume.

Etymology: failed+resume

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Applicoldshoulder

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈæpləˌkoʊldˌʃoʊldɚ/

Sentence: For some reason, when I submitted my resume to join the Rockettes, I just got the applicold-shoulder

Etymology: From application + cold-shoulder

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Responselessness

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: rehs-pohns-lehs-nehs

Sentence: The responselessness rid him of the remaining life he had as a sanitary engineer.

Etymology: response + -less [none] + -ness [noun]

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Applibilious

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: ap-li-BIL-yuhs

Sentence: Philip became applibilious whenever he didn't receive a rejection letter. The only thing he hated worse than failure was the failure to fail properly.

Etymology: application + atrabilious

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COMMENTS:

The sentence did it for me,have my vote 8-) - grasshopper, 2007-06-27: 12:41:00

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Norrespondence

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: No-res-pawn-dense

Sentence: I was saddened to realize I was "too old" for the job. After 40 years in college training in lifeguarding, it turns out the only qualifications you need are youth and looks.

Etymology: Correspondence (mail) + no response (without an answer)

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Replurgatory

Lapper

Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: rep-LURG-a-toe-ree

Sentence: Jack's manager-to-be shredded Jack's résumé before he even opened the envelope, leaving Jack in a state of replurgatory for weeks.

Etymology: A portmanteau of "reply" and "purgatory".

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Comments:

Clayton - 2007-06-27: 01:23:00
Fealtility

purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 07:04:00
Hey James, my word isn't showing up.

petaj petaj - 2007-06-27: 07:24:00
Nor mine.

purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 08:01:00
Perhaps they've been kidnapped by a nounja.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-27: 08:25:00
The lost words have been rescued... ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 08:42:00
Oh thank goodness. They were too young to be wandering about on their own. Something appears to be wrong with the Rankings page. I see some folks who verbotomized with only 4 points.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-27: 13:04:00
Hey Purple, I have updated the score so that it is correct now. I will be watching it to see the Double Verbotomy introduces any other bugs ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 13:54:00
Thanks James!

Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:01:00
Hmm... my word's not there, either. No word means no votes. Not that I would've gotten any.

Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:02:00
Never mind that last comment. Very strange.

Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:02:00
Wait... it's missing again.

Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:12:00
Wait... it's missing again.

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