this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2024
172 points (100.0% liked)

chapotraphouse

13609 readers
754 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

checkmate Christians badeline-heh

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Penultimate means 2nd to last

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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"