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Ever been plutoed?
By Amy Wood
Monday, January 08, 2007
Have you ever been Plutoed? It’s the 2006 word of the year, chosen by the American Dialect Society.
It means “to demote or devalue someone or something,” as happened to the former planet in 2006 when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto didn’t meet its definition of a planet.
So what did Plutoed beat?
Climate Canary - an organism or species whose poor health or declining numbers hint at a larger environmental catastrophe on the horizon
Murse - man’s purse
flog - a fake blog that promotes products
macaca - an American citizen treated as an alien
Share your plutoed experiences with us below. Here’s to 2007 being the year that no one plutoes you!
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