[ Alex just lets out a little sound of acknowledgement, because honestly Jeff she gets it. Really she does.]

As someone who has been in your shoes, Jeff, I feel for you. Honestly. But you never know what it's going to bring. I'd say overtly hit on him. Sometimes it's the only thing that works with someone who's an ass.

[Yeah, she went there.]

But yeah, definitely sounds like an nickname rather than an insult, because if you two started off hating each other? I'm willing to bet he can come up with something a lot worse than just calling you by that.