Sunday, February 17, 2008

Context is Everything

virago \vuh-RAH-go; vuh-RAY-go\, noun:

1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage.
2. A woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, or overbearing.

1 comment:

Sofiya said...

Heh. I have been called a virago, and I consider both definitions a compliment.