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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why specifically not the penultimate?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I think they meant “ultimate”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Penultimate means 2nd to last

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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"