'Plutoed' voted US word of year (BBC) {as in: "Bu**sh** got plutoed by the midterm elections!"}

[eppur_se_muova]

"Plutoed" has been chosen as word of the year for 2006 by the American Dialect Society, beating "climate canary" in a run-off vote.

If you have been "plutoed" you have been demoted or devalued, just as happened to the former planet Pluto when its status was downgraded.

A "climate canary" is something whose poor health indicates a looming environmental catastrophe.

This is the 17th time ADS members have voted to choose a word of the year.

"It was good that the society focused on a genuine scientific concern, though I believe the nomination came in from outer space," said committee chairman Professor Wayne Glowka.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6240055.stm

So now we can refer to the surviving Repugs in Congress as having been "plutoed"! :rofl: I hope this expression catches on among those who actually work on the Hill!

[WinkyDink]

1. Never heard it used before this post.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Well it can't be much more than four months old in any case ...

I think the judges just found it clever.

[Mad_Dem_X]

3. That's a new word to me - but I like it!

The Repubs have been "plutoed"! LOL