You can just keep calling it a planet in everyday conversation if that's your jam. There's no astronomy police that will come to get you if you do.
replyJust expect to be corrected and "well, achually"-ed by people who follow the current naming system, especially in science circles.
Right. Somewhat similar to other dual-use words like “work”, “energy”, “power”, “momentum”.
replyWith such “well, ackshually”s as “you didn’t really do any work at all when you were pushing on that tree trunk” and “you specified watts, but you really wanted to use lumens”.
I'm amused that you described a group policing terminology right after saying there's no group policing terminology.
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