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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

In the movie "Sluzhebnyj roman" they call the main female character (the boss) something like a "мымра". I can't find this word in the dictionary. What are they calling her?

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[cherniavska.livejournal.com]

"мымра" is very close to "old hag" without the magic part. An ugly female, with no sense of humor, who does not care about her appearance.

[dudeapathy.livejournal.com]

+1!!

This ("old hag") is exactly how our professor defined it when we watched it! :)

[crimeanelf.livejournal.com]

+1, with a really bad character as well.

[blackdiver.livejournal.com]

or annoying character.

[burevestnitsa.livejournal.com]

+1 ;))
Brilliant definition.

[pinky-the-cow.livejournal.com]

You just have to check Russian explanatory dictionaries on such occasions. Those pursue a goal different to English-Russian dictionaries', after all.
E.g. http://proslova.ru/word/мымра/ (http://proslova.ru/word/мымра/)

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?text=%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%80%D0%B0&st_translate=on