moonlake [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agoChristmas = DEBUNKEDhexbear.netimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1174arrow-down1imageChristmas = DEBUNKEDhexbear.netmoonlake [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square105fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoI’m just confused what it is specifically about the second to last gift
minus-squareZ_Poster365 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI think they meant “ultimate”
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoYeah, I’ll admit I don’t get it either.
minus-squareAcute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWait does penultimate not mean “best one” this is the first time I’ve heard this
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoYou 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
minus-squareZ_Poster365 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoPenultimate means 2nd to last
minus-squareAcute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThanks someone else got me as well. Always time to learn
minus-squareZ_Poster365 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoi learned it from the Series of Unfortunate Events books, the 12th one is called “The Penultimate Peril” and the 13th is “The End”
I’m just confused what it is specifically about the second to last gift
I think they meant “ultimate”
Yeah, I’ll admit I don’t get it either.
Wait does penultimate not mean “best one” this is the first time I’ve heard this
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
Neat
Penultimate means 2nd to last
Thanks someone else got me as well. Always time to learn
i learned it from the Series of Unfortunate Events books, the 12th one is called “The Penultimate Peril” and the 13th is “The End”