Laundry List Apotheosis

Modern English is a listy language. We have an A-list, checklist, blacklist, backlist, waitlist, wish-list, existentialist (kidding), bucket-list, playlist, shopping list, enemies list, mailing list yo-ho-ho, the listing life for us. And they become figures in our speech. We use shopping list in a general way for any set of things sought that must be paid for. Why, out of all of these, does…