No, he definitely wouldn't call her that. He's not homophobic, he's just one of those people who heckles his friends a lot. He can get pretty over-the-top at times, to which she reacts in exasperation, but there's a general understanding that it's just teasing. Sorry, I didn't mean to blather on about my comic strip, but I've had some issues with censorship in the past, and I was worried that I might have indeed gone too far.