[meteorite-list] Pluto's Demotion Tapped as 2006 Word of the Year

[Gary K. Foote]

Kind of like what is about to happen to George Bush's plans for the middle east - Plutoed 
by the Democrats.

[Meteorite Content] Has anyone seen the new comet in the sky yet?  It was shown on the 
tube this morning and it looks like it could get quite spectacular!  Maybe it'll drop a 
meteorite on my house.  I'm only 250 miles from NJ!  lol

Gary
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com

On 8 Jan 2007 at 23:56, Sterling K. Webb wrote:

> http://www.space.com/news/ap_070108_plutoed_word.html
> 
> ANAHEIM, California (AP) - Pluto is finally getting 
> some respect - from wordsmiths. 
>     "Plutoed'' was chosen 2006 Word of the Year by 
> the American Dialect Society at its annual meeting on 
> Friday. 
>     To "pluto'' is "to demote or devalue someone or 
> something'' much like what happened to the former 
> planet last year when the General Assembly of the 
> International Astronomical Union decided Pluto did 
> not meet its definition of a planet...
>     The 117-year-old organization includes linguists, 
> grammarians, historians and independent scholars. 
> In conducting the vote, members do so for fun and 
> not in any official capacity of inducting words into 
> the English language. 
> 
> Sterling K. Webb
>     PS: If only the IAU operated the same way...
> 
> 
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