I don't know a single person who uses this word correctly. Sometimes it SOUNDS like people understand it when they talk about conspiracies without reeeeing, but I turn right around and hear those same people listening to someone else use the word incorrectly and never correct them.

This has been pissing me off for years as the dictionary doesn't even define the word using their definition. What winds up happening is it blocks off certain topics from being talked abkut becaise usage of these incorrect definitions causes certain concepts and ideas to become truly unintelligible to them. Literally DISABLING them, mentally.

Why are common words used incorrectly and for so long?

Edit:

If you weren't confused about what I was saying above you can skip reading all text below this sentence.

Some people are refuting the definitions I used (I think because they misread the post), so I'm going to copy and paste below my response to them and it should clear up any of that confusion.

Ok, "hidden agenda" was for brevity, the "group of people" part is always implied because it's not like your toaster and blender are going to conspire against the oven..