{"id":264,"date":"2005-10-26T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-26T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=264"},"modified":"2005-10-26T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-26T12:59:00","slug":"dani-the-virago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2005\/10\/26\/dani-the-virago\/","title":{"rendered":"Dani the Virago"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like the Word of the Day <\/a>doo-hickey in my sidebar. Most days I know what the word means in a general context, if not the specific definition, but I’m always pleased to see an entirely new word that I don’t recognize at all. (Yes, I am that geeky.)<\/p>\n

Today’s word is virago<\/strong>, a word I don’t think I’ve ever seen before, so I clicked on it. Here’s the definition:<\/p>\n

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Word of the Day for Wednesday October 26, 2005
virago \\vuh-RAH-go; vuh-RAY-go\\, noun:<\/p>\n

1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage.<\/p>\n

2. A woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, or overbearing.<\/p>\n

The intrepid heroines range from Unn the Deep Minded, the Viking virago who colonized Iceland, to Sue Hendrikson, a school dropout who became one of the great experts on amber, fossils and shipwrecks. –Ann Prichard, “Coffee-table:
Africa, cathedrals, animals, ‘Sue,'” <\/em>USA Today<\/em><\/a>, November 28, 2001
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This virago, this madwoman, finally got to me, and I was subjected to the most rude, the most shocking violence I can remember. –Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Lim\u00c3\u00b3n, <\/em>An Unfinished Memoir<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Virago comes from Latin virago, “a man-like woman, a female warrior, a heroine” from vir, “a man.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, I’m not much of a feminista but I have to tell you, I’m a little troubled by this definition. What, is number one how women define the term and number two is how men use the word? There’s a lot of ground between being a woman of courage and extraordinary stature, and being a raving shrew. Which one do you think I’d prefer to see carved on my tombstone?<\/p>\n

And then, to add insult to injury, we get to the etymology of the word and apparently a strong, courageous woman is — manlike? Oh please!<\/p>\n

You know what? You can call me a virago any day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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