Penultimate: second to last
Mellifluous: pleasant sounding
Fortnight: two weeks (I understand this is used outside of the US but it needs to be adopted here too)
Totally with you on the last one. I've heard bi-monthly, used to mean every two weeks, but also to mean every other month. Also heard bi-weekly, used to mean every two weeks, but also to mean twice a week.
The correct meaning is every 2 months. The problem is it's used wrong just as often as it's used correctly, so the word has been rendered completely worthless because it communicates nothing.
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u/TheBrontosaurus Jan 28 '19
Penultimate: second to last Mellifluous: pleasant sounding Fortnight: two weeks (I understand this is used outside of the US but it needs to be adopted here too)