A modest malaproposition

I've noticed people have been using "penultimate" as if it means "super totally really way beyond ultimate." This will not do. We've already lost "beg the question." "Bemused" is on shaky grounds, and a variety of other useful words have been mishandled by the mouth breathers. The next time you hear someone say something along the lines of, "Wow, McNabb just threw the penultimate touchdown pass," lean over and whisper something along the lines of, "There's only going to be one more pass? ...