Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 22, 2012-- penultimate

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 22, 2012-- penultimate

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

penultimate (pi-nuhl-tuh-mit)

hear it pronounced

adjective 1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play. 2. of or pertaining to a penult. (okay, gang, what the hell is a “penult?”)
penult (pee-nuhlt, pi-nuhlt) noun, the next to the last syllable in a word

Etymology: Origin:

1530–40; < Latin paenultima ( syllaba ), contraction of paene ultima almost the last; see pen-, ultima

What penultimate doesn’t mean:

"final," "last," "best," or "best of the best."

It means, very simply, "next to the last."

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Isn’t anthony weiner the penultimate Dem or is that billyboy clinton?

The "next to the last" dem? If only.

[rightwingcrazy]

I have a yearning for this to be the penultimate post.

[rightwingcrazy]

Bwahaha. My moment in the sun.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A
Now my reply is last, and your second comment is the penultimate. I have a feeling it won’t stay there for too long. (Hint—don’t reply to this or you’ll be screwed.)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Congrats! You still have the penultimate post. Oh, wait-—

[rightwingcrazy]

“Now my reply is last, and your second comment is the penultimate. I have a feeling it won’t stay there for too long. (Hint—don’t reply to this or you’ll be screwed.)”

Curses.

Wait...Curses!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I’d reply, but that would make your post the penultimate again, and we just can’t have that.

[secret garden]

Y’all are turning this thread into a Monty Python sketch.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Now look who the penultimate thread is.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Now look who the penultimate thread is

I meant penultimate post. Oh wait, it's me!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I still think he will drop out - never underestimate the depths political types will go..... they will find something on him and he will bow out.

[rightwingcrazy]

My more modest goal is, for this post only, to make “penultimate” the penultimate word.

Bwahaha!

Oh, wait.

[mikrofon]

When attempting to resolve conflicts around the globe, you have:

1. Negotiation
2. Military Action

In each case, it comes down to whether the pen ultimately is greater than the sword...

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++
Clever, as always.

[xsmommy]

another thread which is a fine example of idealist v. realist. Scott Brown reps MA, and he needs to beat the fauxcahontas b!t$h, who is having a field day smearing the entire GOP with the Akin idiocy. Someone actually posted the actual study that Akin referred to, as if that somehow vindicated him in this entire fiasco. It's always the principles uber alles types who annoy the crap out of me. As i told one of them yesterday, i hope he can pull his mantel of principles more closely around him, to keep him warm in Obama's 2016.

[SoothingDave]

http://triblive.com/home/2445409-74/chevron-court-ashes-bags-gas-millers-remains-access-according-drilling

How do you keep the drillers out of you property?

With bags of your ancestors ashes strung on the property line, of course.

A little Fayette county. A little ancient Chinese secret.

[xsmommy]

Fujiko Miller is Asian, Helms said, adding that he didn’t know from which country

seen one, seen 'em all! LOL~!

[SoothingDave]

From the very first King of the Hill:

Hank: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?

Kahn: I lived in California for the past 20 years. I’m originally from Laos.

[pause]

Hank: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?

[xsmommy]

LMAO! a typical pittsburgher response!

[SoothingDave]

Well, my educated guess is that Fujiko is Japanese.