お局つぼね

noun

office dragon lady; domineering senior female worker

Colloquial and often derogatory term for a senior female employee who bosses around younger colleagues, especially other women. Abbreviation of お局様.

See also: 御局 · お局様

• あの部ぶ署しょのお局つぼねには誰だれも逆さからえない。

  Nobody can stand up to the office dragon lady in that department.

• 新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんはお局つぼねの機き嫌げんを損そこねないように気きをつけている。

  The new employees are careful not to upset the domineering senior woman.