term to describe the mini-UICC format of SIM Card
Exactly, mini-UICC is the correct terminology. So knowing the correct terminology can be useful.
If you have a headache, do you go into a pharmacy and ask for some iso-butyl-propanoic-phenolic acid or do you ask for ibuprofen?
Interesting analogy, although I think the difference between the point I am making and your observation is that I referring to factual identification of evidence at first instance and in the requirements in a professional/legal arena and not common or garden high street question when shopping in a chemists.
Doctor or Forensic Science witness statements I have seen, terms similar to "iso-butyl-propanoic-phenolic acid" are used for factual identification purposes in pathology cases or cases where drugs are being tested etc.