Yeah, there seems to be a lack of experience in the 'keyboard community' with the term 'thock.'
Because it could mean a muffled but deep sound, a potentially rich sound, associated with some silenced EC or dampened MX boards. Or not even muffled, just deep and thocky, maybe clacky. But yes, a lot of people seem to think that the echo in a board or reverberation is 'thock.'
This allows manufacturers to build simple long-pole switches, and people put them in a cheap hollow-sounding board, and suddenly they have 'thock.' But this in my view is not an example of good manufacturing.
[Also, people just lube everything with 205g0 including light tactiles, including the legs, so they get a low-pitched sound. Everything sacrificed to it.]
And yeah, the lack of multiple reviews to look at for less-common switches is irksome. I found some SP Star switches that I liked, such as Nana and Meteor Orange. It was difficult finding info on a Brown-like light tactile like Meteor Orange, you have to trawl through tiny threads in forums. You just have to buy samples of all the switches for yourself. And yes, there are sound tests, but that doesn't tell me much about the operating characteristics of the switch.
The solution seems to be to buy from those people who sell sample packs, you can get these 'obscure' switches sent right to you.
It was helpful when Gazzew employed terms such as "p-shaped," "P-shaped," and "D-shaped" bump. People need to talk about pre-travel, bump size and resistance, and post-travel. Strength of tactile leaf. Type of spring, etc...