Dingo the Dissident

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Saturday, 16 May 2026

Acronym

Although I learned basic Latin

taught sadlybadly at my badmad school
I was long past being employable
when I first encountered the letters CV

which stand for curriculum vitæ
and suggest to me nothing more than
a little rush of sperm (cursiculum semenis ?)
seeking an egg to fertilise.


currus : a course ; currere : to run
curriculum : a brief run-down or sum-up

[PIE *kers = to run
which also gives us carriage]

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