the verb(s) "second-best"

Mon Apr 25 05:27:34 UTC 2005

On Apr 24, 2005, at 10:09 PM, I wrote:

> ...there are also a few occurrences of a verb "second-best" that looks
> like an eggcorn for "second guess":
> -----
> Among them, Wilder's reaction to the crix who voted Spielberg's movie
> the best
> and second-bested his direction, "I am aghast. ...
> (print.google.com/print/doc?articleid=nKYj0oMIG4G)...

on reflection, i think this is a verb meaning 'treat as second-best,
judge to be second-best'.

arnold, going on too late at night