In short lindy hop is fuill of people who are to lazy to understand a thing and would rather lump things in by association rather than actually taking the time to broaden their horizens... I take back what I said before, this dance is going to become extinct.In short, lindy hop dancer slang has developed over the past few years that has little relevance in the real world of jazz terminology.
Damon,
Sure, if you want to look at that way. I was not trying to argue with you, we seem to agree on the basic reality out there (people overgeneralize with words like groove, etc...), we differ on how damaging that reality is.
Your are talking about the music definitions in their relation to the larger world out there, i.e, how do non-dancing jazz fans/historians classify music. My perspective was coming from an interest in what the multitude of dancers using the word groove are trying to say. As a DJ, it is good to know such things, as a music fan interested in the history of jazz, how lindy hoppers in 2003 prefer to classify Junior Mance is useless trivia. Those are two totally different issues.
To some people, the word "groove" is an insult, to others it is a badge of honor. Personally, I believe in trying to play variety, so any term that limits people expectations is not something I want to adopt (i.e. Groove DJs won't play Chick Webb, all they do is play Gene Harris and Lou Rawls over and over).