Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

That word, it does not mean what you think it does.

From a Jezebel comment thread:

"why do men or even women have to grow a plutonic family? I was under the assumption that being born didn't come with a to-do list."

Plutonic. Umm, I'm not sure I want a plutonic family. The first three things that come to mind for me when plutonic is used are:

1) Geologically I think of gabbro
2) Mythologically I think of Pluto
3) Astronomically I think of the former planet

I mean, I don't want a family that could be described as frigid, rocky, or including the overlord of the dead.

Now, I do not doubt that the word the well meaning person meant to type was platonic. Yeah. I don't want a platonic marriage either, unless I'm a beard or arm candy, the pre-nups are signed, and we all know what we're in for. Platonic, not what I'm looking for in a marriage. Not what I have in my marriage. Thank goodness!