# Pluto is Demoted. We need a new "My Very Excellent Mother" Acronym! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090 "2006-08-24T20:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/1 "2006-08-24T20:40:27Z")
So the old “My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine” is sorely lacking now that [Pluto’s been demoted from planethood](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=385404). And we need a new acronym to help all those poor, confused elementary schoolers _begging_ for a new mnemonic. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. MVEMJSUN Let’s have at it! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/2 "2006-08-24T20:48:32Z")
My vole eats muesli, just sending us nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/3 "2006-08-24T20:51:25Z")
MVEMJSUN Melodious Voices Enticing; Music Joyously Sung (Unless Nickelback). Moving Vans Emerge. Michael Jackson Sued! Usurped: Neverland. Movie: Venomous Evil Monsters! Jackson, Samuel Unbelievably Nettled! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/4 "2006-08-24T20:51:37Z")
You keep using that word… I do not think it means what you think it does. Perhaps a mnemonic is in order? Mark very easily made just stupendous Uruguayan nets. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/5 "2006-08-24T21:09:27Z")
MVEMJSUN Martha very easily makes journal stories, unless naked. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/6 "2006-08-24T21:10:31Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] So the old “My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine” is sorely lacking now that [Pluto’s been demoted from planethood](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=385404). [/QUOTE] My very economical Mother just sent us nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/7 "2006-08-24T21:11:44Z")
MVEMJSUN Multiple vehicular encroachments maim Jesuits, some umbrellas nabbed Mutant vermin-enriched medicine jars: startling undisclosed news My vocabulary enhances my jokes, speeches usually neglected Moose vasectomies, experts maintain. Justification: seriously ugly nonsense ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/8 "2006-08-24T21:25:24Z")
I learned it as Mary’s Violet Eyes Make John Stay Up Nights, Period. Just leave off the Period. ---
**Author:** ![Grammaticaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@Grammaticaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grammaticaster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/9 "2006-08-24T22:14:43Z")
Mamboing vigilantly, Ed’s mother jinxed seven Urdu neophytes. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/10 "2006-08-24T22:32:51Z")
I don’t know how I came up with this one… My visible erection made Justice Scalia unusually nervous. ---
**Author:** ![Grammaticaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@Grammaticaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grammaticaster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/11 "2006-08-24T22:33:52Z")
Mnemonically vacuous expressions might just save us now ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/12 "2006-08-24T22:34:11Z")
[QUOTE=Jackknifed Juggernaut] I don’t know how I came up with this one… My visible erection made Justice Scalia unusually nervous. [/QUOTE] awesome. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grammaticaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@Grammaticaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grammaticaster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/13 "2006-08-24T22:35:30Z")
That’s a hell of an image there, Jackknife. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/14 "2006-08-24T22:39:14Z")
[QUOTE=Grammaticaster] That’s a hell of an image there, Jackknife. [/QUOTE] One that I’m having difficulty purging from memory. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/15 "2006-08-24T22:55:22Z")
There were mnemonics before 1930, people, there must have been. What did people used to use the last time there were 8 planets? ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/16 "2006-08-25T05:11:32Z")
All I do is memorize the track listing for [Holst: The Planets](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003CU0/). (So what if it’s out of order?) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/17 "2006-08-25T05:24:01Z")
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune. What? That’s not memorable enough for you? All right, try this: Many vigilant eagles make javelins soar under nets. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/18 "2006-08-25T06:01:35Z")
[QUOTE=Jackknifed Juggernaut] I don’t know how I came up with this one… My visible erection made Justice Scalia unusually nervous. [/QUOTE] We have our answer. A mod can close this thread now. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/19 "2006-08-25T06:40:49Z")
From the Metaquotes community on Livejournal: My Very Eccentric Mother Just Served Us Nachos My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Ninjas ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-is-demoted-we-need-a-new-my-very-excellent-mother-acronym/370090/20 "2006-08-25T06:55:59Z")
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