Virago

The following article is about the slang. See Yamaha Virago for the motorcycle

Virago is a pejorative name for a verbally abusive and angry woman. It is derived from Latin virago, which means "resembling (-ago) a man (vir)" and was a positive word used to describe heroic females, usually in a mythological context.

Anthropologically, "Virago" means a woman with male disposition both physically and psychically.

Other slangs

• common scold
• shrew
• termagant
• Xanthippe