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[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Why specifically not the penultimate?

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

That way the rich parents can still spoil their little shit but it wasn't Santa that brought them the ps5 pro and little Billy the knock off retro console

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago

I'm just confused what it is specifically about the second to last gift

[-] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

I think they meant “ultimate”

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I'll admit I don't get it either.

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

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

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week 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

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

Penultimate means 2nd to last

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

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

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