Agreed, Jim.
There is nothing wrong with the 54 definition. It describes very well the music we love and respect.

However the word has now taken on a much wider meaning not totally unrelated to 54. I have no problem using qualifiers like 'traditional', 'vernacular' when in the company of the millions who use the term in a wider sense.

If you mixed with people on a daily basis who only knew this wider meaning you would find it very tedious continually having to explain that you only accept the 54 definition and then having to repeat it all.