I agree with your last point. I think that Ainur become Maiar whenever they start serving a Vala, the length of that servitude doesn't matter. What is important is that they served, and thusly, Ungoliant is a Maia of Morgoth (when he was a Vala).
(You're right, this is fun.)
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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