"Plutoed" Voted 2006 Word of the Year

[Grant Barrett]

In its 17th annual words of the year vote--the longest-running vote
of its kind in the English-speaking world--the American Dialect
Society voted “plutoed” as the word of the year, in a run-off against
"climate canary." To "pluto" is 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.

See the press release for full information, including all nominated
words and vote tallies.

http://www.americandialect.org/WOTY2006

Grant Barrett
Vice President of Communications and Technology
American Dialect Society
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
(646) 286-2260

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