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Preferred
Preferred adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.
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Default and preferred are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Default" with "Preferred", this adjectives are similar.
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Madame Rouge's default form can be described as The Baroness and The Vamp (might be a preferred form-it's never said if it's her true form or merely a preferred one).
Source: Shapeshifter Default Form -
Though it's revealed in Luna Eclipsed of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic that Princess Luna can change to her Nightmare Moon appearance whenever she wants, it was still her preferred and default form when she turned evil.
Source: Evil Makes You Monstrous -
The preferred/default stick layout also can vary between regions, with the above example layout (called mode 2) being common in North America, while European modelers will more commonly know mode 1 (left stick is yaw/pitch, right is roll/throttle).
Source: Damn You, Muscle Memory
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