[nickrego]

And if it is just semantics...

Why is it that everyone who ever asks a question about this subject calls it a "Dropped 3rd Strike" ?

I can not recall someone asking a 'basic' question on this subject who refered to it per the rules distinction, "3rd Strike Not Caught"

I think the act of saying one thing, when another thing is meant, can make it difficult for the person wondering to understand.

Most of the time, when someone asks me a question about a "Dropped 3rd Strike", and I say, "Do you mean a 3rd Strike Not Caught ?", they say, "oh, wait, now I understand", before they even finish asking me the question.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.