Word of the year from the American Dialect Society:
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 didn't meet its definition of a planet.
"Our members believe the great emotional reaction of the public to the demotion of Pluto shows the importance of Pluto as a name," said society president Cleveland Evans. "We may no longer believe in the Roman god Pluto, but we still have a sense of personal connection with the former planet."
I've been plutoed a lot in my life -- I just didn't know there was a name for it.
Comments
You could say that the whole newspaper industry is being Plutoed; or maybe it is being black-holed - wherein it will still exert a great deal of gravity, even though nobody can actually see it
SO I suppose that means that the NEXT printing of ROGET'S will have a new addition next to the word SCREWED...!
We can always add one of "our own"...as in "We've been FORT-WAYNED again"...!
LMAO!
B.G.