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      [Noun]  | "waiting list" 


      1: a list or roster of those waiting (as for admission to an organization or institution)


      Origin: 1892 ;

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       [ "waiting list" ]

      1: Slang used by private schools to say "no" nicely. Few people actually get admitted from it.

        * e.g.,  ... "We'll put you on the waiting list." 


       [ "waiting list" ]

      2: For people who don't know, the waiting list is a thing (apparently) that they have that they collect people if it is too late to be admitted for the private school. If someone drops out of admission to a certain private school someone from the waiting list will be admitted.

        * e.g.,  ... "Ah shit the waiting list!" 


       [ "waiting list" ]

      3: That's what they say, but nobody knows.

       [ "wait-listed" ]

      1: when an admissions rep says "you were almost good enough.." instead of growing a pair and denying you admission.

        * e.g.,  ... you are a great student, but just not great enough for us- you have been wait-listed. you don't suck, but you just aren't smart enough for our standards. thank you for applying! 

       [ "Waiting list" ]

      1: when a girl is in a relationship with someone else of which she doesn't wholeheartedly want to commit to and everyone knows you and her will get together after it's all ended.

        * e.g.,  ... I would be with her, but I am currently in the waiting list 

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