[rightwingcrazy]

I think arguments about definitions are inane, and changing the meaning of a word well-established in the language is insidious. All they really accomplished by reclassifying Pluto is to annoy a lot of people.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

same with B.C. and A.D. now stated as BCE and CE....bullsh—

[zeugma]

I think arguments about definitions are inane, and changing the meaning of a word well-established in the language is insidious. All they really accomplished by reclassifying Pluto is to annoy a lot of people.

Exactly. It's also absurd for a tiny group of people who aren't even specialists in the object being reclassified to do so, and the rest of us go along with it. As far as I'm concerned, the solar system has 9 planets.