The coke example is an excellent example of regional slang; in the world of fisheries regional slang will drive a purist nuts. For example, a green trout in Alabama is the same thing as a black bass in California. However, a rockfish in Maryland isnt even close to what a rockfish is in California.

To me, the defintion of a swimbait is what it was considered 10 years ago, and thats some large (hmmm, whats the defintion of that?) bait typically representing a trout or other larger baitfish. Nowadays, the term swimbait is used more freely (likely started as a marketing strategy). I dont consider a big hammer to be a swimbait, nor a basstrix swimming tube thing (whatever that is) to be a swimbait.

Good luck defining what baits can be used in a swimbait only tournament at Clear Lake. This should be interesting considering some of the bs threads that have appeared recently on other forums. You may actually have to develop an actual list of which baits can be used.