Degrading? Nope, but I never subscribed to what people thought of me or what I did to begin with. But I do like "Ecodriving" a little more just because the things I do aren't really worthy of being considered "hyper" or uberish.
(I call it common sense driving, but that's way too subjective to apply to anyone and everyone... what is sensical to me may not be for others)
I did tell some friends about it and the HM term went right over their heads but when I told them how much more efficient my car was and how much money they COULD be saving... they still had no idea what HM was but liked what I was doing.