I found the SGI's redefinition of "gongyo" to be somewhat Orwellian.

"We're going to change the content of the thing, but not its name, so people who use language that they have been accustomed to use for decades (perhaps) will now be referring to this new thing instead of what they really meant." And while the memo said that "full gongyo" was still to be respected, we all knew how long that was going to last.

So in honor of truth in advertising, I'd like to suggest a contest to come
up with a name for the new "gongyo," since for someone experienced at the original format, the new one is hardly a speedbump on the road to enlightenment.

My first suggestion is "gongyo lite." It certainly sounds American, but doesn't get to the heart of the matter since "lite" beers often have
about 1/2 to 1/3 the calories of regular beer, and the "new" gongyo has many fewer calories than that.

My next suggestion is "nonyo," which is better at getting to the minimal nature of the new format, but perhaps overstates the case since it is
not actually nothing, just very nearly so.

I wish I knew enough Japanese to come up with something that really
meant something like, "not-so-assiduous practice," but I'll have to leave
that area to the experts.

There are, of course, the suggestions from the humorous but, unfortunately nonsensical vein, like "Eee-yie-Eee-yie-gyo" (Old MacDonald had a cow.)

But my personal contest entry will have to be "thong-gyo" for that which barely covers the essentials and allows you to basically abandon the
practice of wearing clothes without actually getting yourself arrested.