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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

termagant

\TUR-muh-guhnt\, noun:
A scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; a shrew.

“You know, I’ve noticed that are just aren’t enough words in the English language to describe a nagging, ill-tempered woman. All we have at our disposal is the paltry group of “harpy, virago, harridan, battle-ax, nag, bag, fishwife, crone, slattern, vixen, wench, she-beast, ogress, biddy, bitch, and witch. So, gentlemen, I submit for your approval: termagant.”

“...she loves it when I say stuff like, ‘Baby, you’re the one and only termagant for me.’ Thank God she never went college!”

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