You are right, but I disagree. I almost always call "Common Lisp" "Lisp." Scheme is Scheme, Clojure is Clojure, etc etc. I don't care about the family vs language distinction. I think it hurts Common Lisp's adoption. I'd sooner call Common Lisp, Scheme, Clojure, etc part of the "Lisp family" instead of just "Lisp," and leave "Lisp" to mean "Common Lisp."