You can do pretty well the same with a whole range of expressions, by adjusting the tone of voice etc. Man, boy, sir, mister, him, her, you...
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"Who was that lady I saw you with last night?"

"That was no lady - that was my wife."

(The joke being based in the fact that the questioner was using 'that lady' in the sense, then current, 'lady of the streets'.)