harridan

• “The word "harridan" derives from the French word "haridelle" - a worn-out horse or nag.”

  THE NEWS BLOG

• “I really thought before I used the word harridan to describe Senator Clinton's outburst.”

  Hillary: "Shame On You, Barack Obama"

• “I recalled a harridan of satanic disposition old enough to have written the first drafts of most of her charges.”

  Petty Pewter Gods

• “Look up "harridan" in the dictionary and Annie's picture looks back at you.”

  Ann Coulter Loses It, Calls Elizabeth Edwards A "Harridan"

• “In this column, Dowd claims that conservatives were trying to paint Michelle Obama as a "harridan", but of course she offers absolutely no examples of how conservatives were attempting this feat.”

  The Minority Report -

• “notmaxclifford - its just too ungallant to refer to Jenny as a 'harridan'.”

  Its Goodbye to Humour.

• “No less a harridan for safety than the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has dubbed his campaign misguided.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Driving Distraction

• “In my book, I refer to my mother as General Patton in pedal pushers, and frequently paint her as a shrieking harridan for whom water in the kitchen sink or unraked shag carpeting could produce bouts of rage: earsplitting, fist-shaking, God-summoning rage that fortunately predated the presence of guns in the suburban household.”

  The Huffington Post: Eric Poole: She has Every Right to Kill Me

• “And they proceeded to blindly follow the heartless, shrewish harridan Margaret Thatcher.”

  The Huffington Post: Martin Lewis: Murdoch Most Foul

• “Over the years, I'd gone from what I fondly imagined to be a switched-on, youngish-minded mum to a rancid, middle-aged harridan, glaring at shrieking texting huddles in the street – youngsters I didn't even know, but would consider lightly birching.”

  The Guardian: It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen

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