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Vitamin K2 is produced by animal tissues, including the mammary glands, from vitamin K1, which occurs in rapidly growing green plants.
originally posted by: klassified
a reply to: Boadicea
Yeah, I've had similar experiences. Try doing a google search for "social engineering". What comes up initially, has nothing to do with the original meaning. It may be a mixed bag. Some of it intentional, and some just happenstance.
“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words." George Orwell - 1984
originally posted by: johnb
a reply to: Boadicea
To probably 90% of the world MERS is the disease not some mortgage thing (probably existing in just one country) I know i've never heards of the mortgage one.
K2 has and will always mean the second highest mountain in the world as again i'm sure it does to most people
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Boadicea
Words change meaning all the time; sometimes they even have duplicate meanings. K2 is also the second tallest mountain in the world.
I first heard the term "gender bender" in reference to animes/mangas about characters that changed genders either magically, scientifically, or by just being a "trap" (boy who looks REALLY girly thus pretends to be a girl). The first gender bender manga I heard about was Ranma 1/2 and that came out in the mid 90's. So I'd say that the term "gender bender" has been through several different phrase changes.
Though the media or certain interested parties may manipulate the usage of a word so that people forget what it really means and use it in ways that make it hyperbolic. The expression, "land of the free" being used about a country with the highest incarceration rate in the world comes to mind.
originally posted by: intrptr
Seems to work okay…
MERS -- the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems
However, if you type in just MERS…
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: Boadicea
Haha on me -- my ignorance on full display! I've never heard of the K2 mountain!
K2
It's one of the toughest mountains in the world to summit. Even tougher than Everest (which is taller).
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
Though I do think there is some truth to what you said in your op. Various interested parties often manipulate the usage of a word or acronym to promote an agenda. We usually refer to such manipulation as rhetoric though.
As for Google. Google, is it's own brand of manipulation. Get on the wrong side of Google and watch searches for your website magically drop to the 50th page or so, or have websites that promote the exact opposite of your webpage get promoted above yours.