Technique or 'Form'?

The fitness world is full of reverent references to 'form'.  I don't know what the origin of the term is, but I associate the term to bodybuilding.  Body builders are hardworking athletes and I don't view their chosen sport as being more or less worthy than any other, but as an approach to fitness, body building is inferior to many other approaches.  Body building provides a type of stimulus that increases muscle mass at the expense of strength, speed, and therefore power.  "Form" to a body builder means "holding your body in such a way that your body cannot work together as a unit, for the purpose of isolating a chosen muscle group to make that group larger."  "Form" is an artificial concept of how the body should be positioned to accomplish dubious ends.
Technique, on the other hand, is the means to an end.  A successful squat with a maximal load demands good technique, just like a good pitcher uses good technique and a good puncher uses good technique.  This is true with pullups, Olympic weightlifting, running, jumping, climbing and any other good training modality.  An athlete that best applies technique will produce the greatest work output for his or her ability. In fact, good technique is defined by outcomes.  Given a set range of motion, the technique that produces the largest load moved in the shortest amount of time is the 'best' technique.
Note: injury implies and defines 'bad' technique.
Note 2:  there is no perfect technique.  Perfection is a conceptual matter which is beyond the human ability to perceive, much less to apply in life, sport or combat.  We can approximate our conception, therefore by definition arbitrary, of perfect technique, but even with slow motion cameras we cannot definitively measure our approximation of perfection.  Look at the greatest lifters, runners or gymnasts in the world - are they truly perfect?  Is every jump to perfect height?  Every lift the same maximal weight?  Perfection can be pursued as a concept, but its a fool's game to pretend that one ever achieves it.  It's a double fool's game then to say "we only accept perfect technique."  Hearing that, one knows the one who spoke is kidding themselves.
"Better technique is better" but perfect technique is mythical.  Better technique can be discerned when you are moving more weight with greater speed and less effort.  You want to improve your technique in every movement of every workout.  You want to train yourself to never say 'form' when referring to your workouts.  Never despair that your movements are not perfect - no one's movements are perfect.