Penultimate

[MissCroft]

It doesn't mean ultimate or most ultimate! It means next to last or second to last. Like the penultimate syllable of a word or the penultimate paragraph in an essay, etc. Grrrr..... My rant for today. :boxing:

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Now I'm going to barbeque some chicken. Enjoy this beautiful day everyone!

 

[K Douglas]

It doesn't mean ultimate or most ultimate! It means next to last or second to last. Grrrr..... My rant for today. :boxing::clock:


Now I'm going to barbeque some chicken. Enjoy this beautiful day everyone!

Never heard that word b4 thanks for the lesson It's gorgeous out went for a nice walk this morning to clear the cobwebs. Definitely a great day for a BBQ

 

[TheShadow]

It means next to last or second to last.

I've always understood it to mean the former,but not the latter.
If you have a second to last,logic dictates next would be 'first to last' or 'next to last'.......then last?
IMHO

 

[oldjones]

Thank you ma'am. Please pick on 'replete' next. It doesn't mean 'comes with' or 'completed by' like a side-dish in a diner, it means abundantly full, overstuffed, full to bursting, like Grandma's Thanksgiving Dinners.

 

[oldjones]

I've always understood it to mean the former,but not the latter.
If you have a second to last,logic dictates next would be 'first to last' or 'next to last'.......then last?
IMHO

First, second, third etc. By analogy: Last, second last, third last etc. Third last coming next after second [last] because the direction of counting has changed from the order at the beginning of the series. Continuing to count as you suggested, would move you past the last item into the empty void: …, second last, last thing, first no-thing, second no-thing … But keep at the concept. One day we might invent zero to mark the middle. Then Arabic numbers! Who knows where it'll all end?

Oooh! Did I miss a wee counting joke?

 

[shack]

It doesn't mean ultimate or most ultimate! It means next to last or second to last. Like the penultimate syllable of a word or the penultimate paragraph in an essay, etc. Grrrr..... My rant for today. :boxing:

I am laughing at this post, not because you said anything wrong, but because you are ranting to a bunch of people who don't know: your from you're, there from their, lose and loose, to from too, defin ate defiant and definite and on and on.

My point is proven by the posts below of people that never even heard of penultimate or heard of it but had no idea whatsoever what it means, let alone the nuance you are describing. If there is a word for it, this is the opposite of preaching to the choir.

I know you are a very smart lady but sometimes we need to take baby steps.

 

[oftenrong69]

Shack, my understanding (admittedly I may be wrong) is that the purpose of a rant is to express frustration, not to educate or preach and that, would be my ultimate word on the subject ��

 

[Aardvark154]

It means next to last or second to last.

Chloe I've never heard it used to mean other than the final thing. "The penultimate line of line of John Donne's poem."

 

[prestokeys]

antepenultimate means the third last.
preantepenultimate means the fourth last.
propreantepenultimate means the fifth last.

Seriously, look them up if you think I'm kidding.

 

[Smallcock]

Which post will be the penultimate post in this thread? Ultimately, we don't know.

 

[Smallcock]

antepenultimate means the third last.
preantepenultimate means the fourth last.
propreantepenultimate means the fifth last.

Seriously, look them up if you think I'm kidding.

How will people react when I begin using these words in every day conversations around town?

 

[shack]

antepenultimate means the third last.
preantepenultimate means the fourth last.
propreantepenultimate means the fifth last.

Seriously, look them up if you think I'm kidding.

That is cool and funny at the same time.

 

[fuji]

Which post will be the penultimate post in this thread? Ultimately, we don't know.

We should have a new thread, "the penultimate post in this thread wins"

 

[The Hof]

How will people react when I begin using these words in every day conversations around town?

I elucidate from this good sir, a certain reticence to the ambiguation of the context of which you would discourse? The "reactions", as we may colloquially state it, would likely be heterogeneous... albeit likely slanting towards a brutish renunciation. Sigh. :blah:

 

[Mr Bret]

i am laughing at this post, not because you said anything wrong, but because you are ranting to a bunch of people who don't know: Your from you're, there from their, lose and loose, to from too, defin ate defiant and definite and on and on.

My point is proven by the posts below of people that never even heard of penultimate or heard of it but had no idea whatsoever what it means, let alone the nuance you are describing. If there is a word for it, this is the opposite of preaching to the choir.

I know you are a very smart lady but sometimes we need to take baby steps.

lmao

 

[Calgacus]

I learned what it meant from Murray Walker. He would say it's the penultimate lap when there was 2 laps left.