Pluto exploded

The other day as we were all getting ready for our busy days, JC asked me if Pluto (the former planet) had exploded. I replied that it had not. She said, "that's what HT just told me." HT said his teacher had told him that. I explained that she probably said that Pluto had been demoted and was no longer a planet. He said, "that's what I just said!" So I'm guessing that HT heard "demoted", didn't know what it meant, and decided it sounded awfully close to exploded, which would make sense when he heard it was no longer a planet...can't be there if it exploded! We've all had quite a chuckle over this!