Yeah--it's not a Martini. BUT, when someone just wants 3oz of chilled gin/vodka served chillled and up in a cocktail glass, that's the order.By your logic, a Churchill Martini can't be called that, because it contains no vermouth. If you're accepting of that name, it's not much of a leap to understand that a Bone Dry has no vermouth...Hell, simply look at the term the name derived from--"Bone Dry" means something is COMPLETELY lacking moisture. When someone asks you how dry you want your martini, and you say "Bone", it's synonymous with "completely". This is partly why people get hell from bartenders for ordering a Bone Dry--not only is it terrible, it's not actually a friggin martini...and they think it's supposed to be the default standard.