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z-lister

Posted by Bob on October 10, 2006

In Reply to: Z-lister posted by me on October 10, 2006

: z-lister?
: is this an opposite to a list?
: then why not a lister?
: why not z-list?
: help plz
: thanks

The "A list" is the compilation of celebrities and luminaries who attend the movie openings and lavish parties in Monaco. Jet setters. They are, therefore, A-listers.
Z-listers are, by extreme contrast, those slobs at the other end of the social spectrum. The scruffy guy who installed your cable. The bible-thumping mumbler on the subway platform. Me.

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