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Nylon isn't disparaging. It is accurate. "Polymer" is a word that you don't understand, and have come to believe it defines something that it does not.
Glocks are made of nylon (Nylon 60?) with some coloring agent and fiberglass. Pretty much what all the "polymer" pistols also use to one degree or another, which the exception of Ruger, who used a glass reinforced polyurethane product from Dupont for the P95 frame and others.
And since you are into definitions, the material "plastic" is defined as a moldable material made of organic polymers.
"Polymers" are just complex molecules, like proteins and hydrocarbons. They can be used to make plastics, or eggs. "Polymer" does not mean much of anything when it comes to guns, since snot is just as much a polymer as epoxy is.
Lycra is a brand and type of polyurethane.
Polyurethane, polystyrene and nylon are types of plastic.
Plastic is composed of polymers.
Polymers are made of monomers.
Monomers are molecules composed of atoms.
Why don't we just call the Glock frame "Atomic"? It's just as descriptive as "polymer".
Thanks for the mini-review of polymer terminology. I already had a good understanding of the basics you reviewed. I did not learn everything I know about "plastics" from "The Graduate". I guess if I can accept the use of Manual Firing Inhibitor Lever by one poster I can accept your use of Nylon. You should accept the need to be prepared to take some heat from other people because you are at the very least using non-standard terminology and perceived as disparaging Glock "Perfection". Personally I think we should use the term "Bakelite". It is completely inaccurate but sounds cool. We could even start a trend in street slang: "I burned 'em down with my shake-in-bake."