Redefining Gender Roles

From Dictionary.com's word of the day for today:

virago: an ill-tempered, overbearing woman; also, a woman of great strength and courage.

Talk about conflicting definitions. This really makes you consider how language gives us insights into how we define gender roles.

I think I can use it in a sentence:

Mother nature, a vicious virago, punished us yesterday with an early snow -- man did that suck!