Spam is an endless source of amusement. Today’s spam brought a message from “Delmer Foreman” with the subject line: “Is your skills about to expired?” Well, Delmer, they ain’t expirated, but you really do are pointing out the needs of keeping them currentized.

I also got one from a “college co-ed” who is taking “honers classes.”

No time to write a snarky comment. This ad from the latest print edition of OMMA Magazine speeks for itself.

“‘Plutoed’ was chosen 2006’s Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society at its annual meeting Friday.

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.

‘Our members believe the great emotional reaction of the public to the demotion of Pluto shows the importance of Pluto as a name,’ said society president Cleveland Evans. ‘We may no longer believe in the Roman god Pluto, but we still have a sense of personal connection with the former planet.’

‘Plutoed’ won in a runoff against ‘climate canary,’ defined as ‘an organism or species whose poor health or declining numbers hint at a larger environmental catastrophe on the horizon.’ reports the Associated Press.

Personally, I’ve never heard anyone use this “word,” so I’m a little skeptical.