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Pluto

proper noun

  1. dwarf planet near Neptune
  2. Greek god
  3. cartoon dog
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpluːtəʊ/ / /ˈplutoʊ/ / [ˈpluɾoʊ]

name

Etymology: From Middle English Pluto, Pluton, from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Doublet of Plouton. Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body.

  1. The Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
  2. The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet, represented by the symbol ♇ or ⯓, both now used mostly in astrology.
  3. The American cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Norm Ferguson.

verb

Etymology: Originally coined in 2006 by the American Dialect Society, in reference to Pluto's demotion from planet status, defeating climate canary for Word of the Year.

  1. To demote or devalue something.

    “2007 April 21, The Meerkat , OT:Catholic Church ditches Limbo, aus.tv, Usenet. Limbo has been plutoed. No half way house any more. It's heaven or hell.”

    “2007, Andrew Swift, The Daily Iowan - Opinion Column Winter is dead. The break the university community has just returned from is ostensibly known as winter break. But those who stayed in the Iowa City area know the sad truth: The four seasons Midwesterners grew up with have been Plutoed.”