You're Plutoed replaces You're Fired

Newest inductee to Word of the Year

[grandpa]

"Plutoed" has been chosen 2006 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. The society is dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and includes academics, writers, and others. Winning words or phrases don't have to be brand new; what's important is that they gained new prominence in the past year.

I ran across this over here:
[cnn.com...]

The society defined "to pluto" as "to demote or devalue someone or something

Compared with the runners-up, I say they made the right choice. But tell me, is this society such an authority to make up words and definitions for them? I thought that was Webster's job. Maybe Webster has been... plutoed.

[edited by: encyclo at 5:39 pm (utc) on Jan. 8, 2007]
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[Lipik]

So smart-priced = plutoed

[Leosghost]

:)

[edited by: Leosghost at 2:04 pm (utc) on Jan. 8, 2007]

[Leosghost]

nope ..smart pricing = uranused

[balam]

I'm Earthy, been Mooned, been Plutoed, and have definately been in some situations where I've been totally Uranused...