What makes the short list?
(Other definitions for etal that I've seen before include "and others . . ." , "the rest" , "elsewhere" .)
(Other definitions for etc that I've seen before include "And so on, in brief" , "And so on, briefly" , "Etcetera (abbrev.)" , "'And the rest, in short (3)'" , "And so forth (abbr)" .)