also: どくおんな
noun
Slang, humorous term; a pun on 独女 (single woman) using 毒 (poison), implying a woman who is single and perhaps bitter or dangerous. Often used jokingly or self-deprecatingly.
彼女は自分を毒女と呼んで笑っている。
She jokingly calls herself a 'dokujo' (poison woman/single woman).
毒女の集まりで盛り上がった。
We had a blast at the gathering of single women (dokujo).
A pun on 独女 (dokujo, abbreviation of 独身女性 'single woman'), replacing 独 (alone) with 毒 (poison). The term humorously suggests a single woman with a 'poisonous' or bitter edge.