Terminology in general is a mess. Always has been. I actually like the term greatsword. It may be a modern invention, but at least it doesn't pretend to be anything historical (unlike 80% of other terms out there). It's also instantly clear to most people in the Anglosphere what we're talking about, which helps if you're trying to make a point to a large audience. Could I use a more historical term? Perhaps. 'Sword' seems to have been the most common way to refer to these things, but something tells me people will find it confusing. 'Zweischneidige bidenhandige Balger then? Sure that just rolls off the tongue. When I speak to Dutch museum staff, we use tweehandszwaard, but the general museum audience mishears and thinks it's a tweedehands zwaard (second hand sword). When I speak to fencers I call it a Schlachtschwert, spadone or montane, depending on where the Sword or technique in question originated. For most people those terms mean absolutely nothing though, so when addressing a larger, English speaking audience, I'll stick with greatsword. It's imperfect, but better than the alternatives imho.

@VirtualFechtschule great sword only continues to portray the misconception of a large clunky weapon, but hey, you wanna continue the ways of not understanding realities, go for it

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