Skeptic Project

Yea, you're right. I missed your point there. In fact, you're right that according to the dictionary 'conspiracy theory' has it's own meaning
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conspiracy+theory which is not equal to the sum of its parts.

So yea, if we use those definitions, conspiracies happen every day, and conspiracy theories are usually far fetched attempts to point out a conspiracy. In that case, I think many of the people in here mis-use the word CT as well, but the other way around: naming something a conspiracy theory, while it is in fact a conspiracy.

Personally, I interpreted the CT word in quite a different way, more like scientific theories are defined (e.g. evolution theory).