thisisevenharderthannamingablog replied to your post: I think I’ve been using the word “preemptive” wrong
To preempt someone is to do something before they can. Like, “I preemptively bitchslapped him before he could say something dumb” to use an awkward pre-caffeine example. Sounds like you’re fine.
That’s how I’ve always used it but I was trying to double-check the adjectival form and I confused myself a lot.
