It seems the advent of GNSS as the acronym for satellite nav rather than GPS has made it seem a bit sillier than usual.
We used to say '35 DME' or '35 GPS' (which I guess could make a bit of a difference if you're talking to centre who are then giving IFR traffic on you to someone, if the GPS reference point is the ARP and the DME is, well, the DME). In reality though, as has been aptly pointed out, it makes bugger all difference in the grand scheme of things.