My son just used penultimate correctly:
Penultimate:
Main Entry:
pen·ul·ti·mate
Function:
adjective
Date:
1677
1 : next to the last
2 : of or relating to a penult
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March 30th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
What cheek, I say, a mom trying to heist her son’s fabulosity onto herself!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I know, I’m awful, right? But he is just so darn like me, down to the very dry sense of humor. Heh.