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Z-list, n. and a. colloq. and depreciative (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈzɛdlɪst|, U.S. |ˈziˌlɪst|
[‹ Z n. + list n.6, after A-list n., B-list n., C-list n., D-list n.]
A. n. Any (notional) list comprising only the very least celebrated or important members of a particular group; esp. used to emphasize extreme insignificance. Also in extended use.
1979Washington Post 25 Nov. F14 For those who care about the current ‘A’ list and the ‘Z’ list of who's in and out at ‘The Springs’, the Agnews are reportedly living a very private existence. 1988Toronto Star (Nexis) 26 Mar. s11, I must have been on their ‘Z’ list in terms of choices for the role. 2001Guardian 19 Mar. ii. 11/2 La Défense may have saved central Paris from invasion by office towers, and it looked great by night in Godard's movie Alphaville, yet it suffered, and continues to suffer, from the fact that a Z-list of architects was chosen to design the individual blocks.
B. adj. (attrib.). Of or belonging to a Z-list; spec. designating or relating to a (notional) roster of the very least important individuals, esp. in the film or television industry; esp. used to emphasize extreme insignificance.
1985R. Meltzer Whore Just like Rest (2000) 3 They were up there, plodding through ‘Cover of Rolling Stone’, at some Z-list press torture. 1992Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 27 Nov. This shared, perverse, out-of-proportion affection for C-, D- and Z-list celebs reveals Stern and Mark and Brian as truly kindred spirits. 1994N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Sept. 39/2 The loyalist golfer, A. C. Cowlings, becoming a star on the Z-list party circuit. 2001Observer 18 Mar. (Life Suppl.) 3/1 Nobodies, who'd always thought they were somebody, suddenly realising they were nobody, and screaming horribly, as they embarked on their freefall descent into Z-list oblivion.
Derivatives. Z-lister n. a person on a (notional) Z-list.
1999Sunday Mirror 10 Oct. (Features section) 55/1 The *Z-listers desperate enough to take part in Night Fever's Abba Special earlier on Channel 5. |