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Morbius

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Word suggestion: longlist
« on: April 28, 2018, 06:41:48 PM »
I tried this word in yesterday's 10 letter puzzle, but no dice.  It's in quite a few dictionaries in this form (also as two words and hyphenated) and I've heard and read it pretty frequently in connection with things like literary awards.  It's also used in recruiting.  Worth adding to the list I think, along with longlisted.

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Re: Word suggestion: longlist
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2018, 09:03:54 PM »
Seconded.
shortlist and shortlisted are perhaps better-known, but essentially the two terms describe different parts of the same process.

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Re: Word suggestion: longlist
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2018, 10:32:00 PM »
Thirdeded

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Re: Word suggestion: longlist
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2018, 12:19:34 AM »
Thirdeded

Is that thirded with both hands up? :D
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Re: Word suggestion: longlist
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2018, 04:38:43 PM »
Agreed. A recent example from the Guardian in April, writing about novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, published when she was only 26, was longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker..."

Longlist and longlisted will be accepted as rare words. Longlisting of course is too long for our list.
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