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Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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[–] fri@beehaw.org 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Propreantepenultimate. Fifth to last.

  1. Ultimate
  2. Penultimate
  3. Antepenultimate
  4. Preantepenultimate
  5. Propreantepenultimate
[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use penultimate all the time and most people have no idea what I mean! We need to bring back the Latin based words

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That means the item right before the last item, right?

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Yep. That's actually how we say last and whatnot in Spanish: último is last and penúltimo is 2nd to last

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago

I knew the first three, but not four and five. TIL

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Ah so that's why in the Tropico games your assistant was Penultimo! He's the second to the ultimate leader, El Presidente!

Really the only city building series that correctly identifies who directs the construction and destruction of every visible peice of infrastructure or building. And who randomly arrests or frees people for any reason they like :)

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Hmm the grammar checks out 👍