Pluto's revenge: 'Word of the Year' award# EnglishChat - 鸟语花香
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(CNN) -- Pluto may no longer be a planet, but it has a new claim to fame:
"Plutoed" has been chosen 2006 Word of the Year by the American Dialect
Society.
The society defined "to pluto" as "to demote or devalue someone or
something, as happened to the former planet Pluto when the General
Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto no longer
met its definition of a planet."
The former planet had some tough competition in the voting, which took
place Friday at the ADS' annual me
"Plutoed" has been chosen 2006 Word of the Year by the American Dialect
Society.
The society defined "to pluto" as "to demote or devalue someone or
something, as happened to the former planet Pluto when the General
Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto no longer
met its definition of a planet."
The former planet had some tough competition in the voting, which took
place Friday at the ADS' annual me