K

What does K mean to you? In law, it's shorthand for "contract." In common parlance (one could never accuse the law of being anything remotely close to common parlance), it has come to mean "thousand."

Dipsticks of the world, I invite you to consider the following: We have m, which is shorthand for mille, the Latin word for "thousand." We also have M, which means mille mille or "million."

K is metric, and it signifies distance, such as a 5K, or a 5,000-meter race. When I see that 663K jobs have been lost, it worries me that someone so cretinous is writing about something so important. What other facts may be subject to only nominal scrutiny? It's a question of credibility, and K, when used for something other than distance, strains that credibility.

The Trog will now step off her soapbox and resume her day.

Source:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Jobless-rate-bolts-to-85-apf-14841814.html