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  • noun The compilation of a list.

Etymologies

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list +‎ making

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Examples

  • My listmaking is in full effect, because I can’t shake the feeling that I’m forgetting something important.

    It’s Fear. It’s Fear. It’s Fear. « martinis & mantras 2009

  • Ever time I abandon listmaking - at work or home - I get totally unproductive.

    Goals katelnorth 2008

  • Just think what vengeance they could actually unleash if instead of confining their listmaking to fellow _Democrats_, they actually got their beloved power back and could train it on other domestic enemies ...

    McCain Campaign: Associating Obama With Terrorists Is Fair Game 2009

  • "I'll spend much of this week responding to IT's request for lists, which has unsurprisingly elicited a veritable deluge of listmaking with neither rhyme, reason nor pretty pictures," Owen Hatherley.

    GreenCine Daily: Lists, 12/4. 2006

  • Ms R feels this demonstrates the dangers of listmaking: for her part Ms R does not even make shopping lists because heaven knows you might get lucky and get three for the price of two.

    In your dreams ladies Ms Robinson 2008

  • At IFC News, Matt Singer and Alison Willmore "take a look back at some of their favorite titles from earlier in the year that deserve to be remembered come listmaking-time."

    GreenCine Daily: Lists, 12/12. 2006

  • Ms R feels this demonstrates the dangers of listmaking: for her part Ms R does not even make shopping lists because heaven knows you might get lucky and get three for the price of two.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Ms Robinson 2008

  • Tina, at What-I-Found offers these for your holiday listmaking:

    Almost done ... - A Dress A Day 2008

  • Tina, at What-I-Found offers these for your holiday listmaking:

    December 2008 2008

  • Initially, I couldn't have been less interested -- listmaking is one of the more pernicious traits of any kind of fan and as I age and not gracefully, either I have less and less patience for that kind of busywork.

    31 ways to spell horror Arbogast 2007

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