Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-grid-3] Masonry Switch Syntax (#12022)

I just want to summarize the argument against using `masonry` here:
- It's jargon. We've been discussing it so long, we've probably forgotten that its name comes from a JS library and that it is both not universally understood as a thing nor even a common English word. It's a cool name for a library, but it's a brand name more than a descriptive name.
- It's an analogy, not a description. For example, why not call it `display: waterfall`? It's a much clearer metaphor, actually -- for one thing it goes in the correct direction by default, and for another it's a common English word that's easily understandable to children and foreigners. But we don't tend to name things in CSS after things in the real-world that evoke the CSS layout effect, but rather try to find simple words that are directly descriptive of what we're trying to do. Hence `gap`, for example, rather than `gutter` (even despite `gutter` being standard typographic jargon).

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