Dropped Third Strike or not?

[nine01c]

Originally posted by mcrowder
Most people would understand this better if the terminology was changed in the common vernacular to what we actually usually say here on the board:

UNCAUGHT THIRD STRIKE

Not dropped. The question - DID SHE CATCH IT. On a bounced pitch - no.

(And as noted above, a ball foul-tipped is completely different than one simply missed).

You are, of course, more accurate in your wording, and more consistent with OBR. However, four out of five posters to this topic typed the more commonly used expression, "Dropped Third Strike." We all know this MEANS "uncaught third strike," but I disagree that it is more commonly spoken (or typed). If this wording clarifies the rule for someone that is good, but it's just semantics, and all the same in the end.