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my $list = "This is my list";
$list =~ m/^(.+?)   # The 'rest' (Everything before last word)
            (\w+)   # Last 'word' (string of contiguous word character
+s)
            \W*$    # Possible non-word characters at end of string
          /x;

$word_re = qr{ (?: & | -? [a-zA-Z]+ [a-zA-Z-]* ) }x;