Sarcastic or not, it's still insulting. I'm from Jersey too and I'm on a first name basis with Sarcasm, nice guy or not, quirky English humor? I'm a huge British comedy fan. It still smells like a slight. What kind of man says that to a lady? It's an insult. Take it anyway you want, that's your prerogative.
Someone called me a Drag Queen, I was extremely insulted and he meant it to be, he was a smug asshole, and I gave him an earful.
