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[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Wait does penultimate not mean "best one" this is the first time I've heard this

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

You might be thinking preeminent. Penultimate means second to final (ultimate being final)

Fun fact, there's words all the way up to fifth to last! ultimate, penultimate, antepenultimate, preantepenultimate, propreantepenultimate

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Neat

[-] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Penultimate means 2nd to last

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks someone else got me as well. Always time to learn

[-] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i learned it from the Series of Unfortunate Events books, the 12th one is called "The Penultimate Peril" and the 13th is "The End"

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