NEVER...and EVER.
Any gun owner I know...friends and family have NEVER uttered that word about there...semi-auto weapons....Period.
Dunno....maybe it's just the part of the country or the people I hang out with.
I hear it all the time at my private range.
Usually something like "Let me see that 9mm auto."
Always referred to them like this..."Hand me your .380...or that 9"