;Posted on 08/22/2012 3:35:57 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 22, 2012-- penultimate
;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)
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."
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Thanks. In the interest of maintaining decorum in my own classroom, I’m ignoring the fact that you used “hard” and “enlivened the staff” in the same post.
I LOL’ed! it helps that i have the sense of humor of a 12 yo boy! explorer does too, which is why we get along so well!
It’s time for someone in MO to start a write in campaign, it can not be for Brunner or Steelman though as sore loser laws apply.
i think i saw Talent’s name as being eligible.
I predict:
Impoverished Widow Bass Playing FReepin’ Biker-—58%
McMoron (Dem)———————————————42%
Akin (Rep) —————————————————10%
(This adds up to 110% due to “voting irregularities” in St. Louis)
Tough choice: Talent or no-Talent. Or McStupid.
It does Palin no credit that she mentioned Steelman while unaware of the MO sore loser laws. That’s the kind of thing that bothers me about her. It’s fine that she’s all about the BIG PICTURE, but a serious candidate has to be about the details as well, and she has shown a propensity to be unconcerned with them.
I would have preferred a female but Jim would work too.
As to Palin and the details, hey, she's not a candidate for anything ,she is the first person that I know of to throw out the third party/write in option...
no, she isn’t a candidate and this proclivity of her’s is a reason why she shouldn’t be and likely won’t be.
So I would be penultimate to the penultimate! LOL!
Rush Limbaugh is from Missouri.
He’s a Florida resident.
I believe David Limbaugh is from/in Missouri.
The name can be a bit off-putting to some. I saw an article which described the band (post-punk or something, whatever that means) and never gave the name. I did tweet that I was surprised that Pussy Riot got 2 years, because we had one in college and only got 30 days.
LOL!!
I meant it was his original home. Nothing says that you have to live in a state any earlier than election day.
I’m sure Rush doesn’t need the aggravation or pay cut, but it would make peoples’ heads explode.
Sorry for not posting often been busy, but have been reading them.
Isn’t anthony weiner the penultimate Dem or is that billyboy clinton?
A+
That makes Romney your choice by default.
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