Plutoed, but not out

Following the downgrading of Pluto from planet status to dwarf planet, the American Dialect Society has voted the neologism plutoed as their Word of the Year, it’s reported here.

The expression is defined as “to demote or devalue someone or something.”

So the next time you’ve been dissed, canned or put-down, the chances are that you’ve also been plutoed.

A plutocracy is henceforth a dominant or ruling group that has achieved its status by having plutoed its rivals.

Actions likely to cause someone or something to be plutoed may henceforth be thought of as being plutonic in nature or effect.

The English language tends to increase in size, so one may soon expect the emergence of usages such as: plutoised, plutofied, plutofication, etc. etc. etc.

We must, however, never forget the injustice that gave rise to this new usage, and resolve to redouble our efforts in the struggle for the deplutofication of Pluto.