Plutoed

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Plutoed is a neologism chosen as the 2006 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. The Society defined that word as "to demote or devalue someone or something". "Plutoed" is the past tense of the root "pluto".

The Society's choice of "plutoed" stemmed from the substantial emotional impact the Society determined the public to have had in response to the planet Pluto's demotion from planet status by astronomers of the International Astronomical Society General Assembly.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Society president Cleveland Evans stated the reason for the organization's selection of "plutoed". "Our members believe the great emotional reaction of the public to the demotion of Pluto shows the importance of Pluto as a name. We may no longer believe in the Roman god Pluto, but we still have a sense of connection with the former planet", he said.[5]

The domain plutoed.com was registered August 24, 2006, for a blog devoted to things "plutoed".[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 'Plutoed' voted US word of year (HTML). BBC News (Jan. 8, 2007). Retrieved on January 10, 2007.
  2. ^ Chris Gray (Jan. 8, 2007). Pluto: Out as planet, in as top word (HTML). The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved on January 10, 2007.
  3. ^ “Plutoed” Voted 2006 Word of the Year. American Dialect Society (5 January 2007). Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  4. ^ Pluto's revenge: 'Word of the Year' award (HTML). CNN (January 7, 2007). Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
  5. ^ 'Plutoed' chosen as '06 Word of the Year (HTML). Associated Press (Jan. 8, 2007). Retrieved on January 10, 2007.
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