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penultimate |
(n): the next to last syllable in a word
(n): a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
(adj): next to the last
(adj): vs. terminal) -- (lying between two extremes in time or space or state
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I think many people assume penultimate to be a cross between pinnacle and ultimate. In that sense, Nigel from Spinal Tap could have said, "this amplifier is the penultimate."
He who laughs last does not laugh penultimately.
My all-time, most hated type of speech is execubabble. For example, the (?word?) 'incentivize'.
It's not a @#!#@#@! word!!!
It is a noun, not a #@#!#@!@ verb!! Stop with the verbification!!! (To quote a term coined by Grammar Girl).
the word is so misunderstood...
In the left atrium?
People who use the word penultimate properly hold a special place in my heart.
One of wife's favourties.
The use of literally to mean figuratively makes me lose a little more faith in humanity every time I hear it.
Likewise on both accounts, with extra cringes for the recent fad of belligerent used as a synonym for drunk/intoxicated. *huuuhg*
Yes! AAAAAARGH! I literally cringe when I hear that. ;-)
Literally, when whatever's being described is the exact opposite of literal.
And the first (just out of curiosity)?
That's got to be the second-worst language mistake I hear people make all the time.
Meaning "next to last" not "super ultimate" as people often seem to assume.