octopied - Trying to make octopus plural but it’s stubborn and doesn’t

Trying to make octopus plural but it’s stubborn and doesn’t want to follow the rules. It just wants to be ‘octopuses’ like everyone else.

My English teacher got mad because I said ‘octopuses’ instead of ‘octopodes.’

I texted my friend, 'Why do we even say octopodes? It’s so pretentious.'

My brother tried to say ‘octopodes’ and it sounded like he was talking to a confused parrot.