To “pluto” is “to demote or devalue someone or something,” much like what happened to the former planet last year when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto didn’t meet its definition of a planet. —‘Plutoed’ chosen as ’06 Word of the Year (Yahoo | AP (will expire))
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