English

listwashing

From list + washing.

A compound of list + washing

Middle English lī̆st ‘band’

English list

Proto-West Germanic *waskingu

Old English *wæsċing//*weasċing

Middle English waschynge//wasshynge//weschynge

Today it means

noun The removal of nonproductive addresses from a mailing list.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / listwashing