I don’t find it offensive or a negative either, I think it’s a helpful descriptor especially on this site. I have mentioned on various threads that D’19 only applied to safeties as an explanation of why so few apps and why we did not have the stress of acceptances.
In real life, I don’t use those terms, because it’s a different world from CC. Kids from our school pretty much only go to cc, local publics, or a few in-state non-selective privates. Everybody’s applying to only safeties so it’s just not an issue.