I have to give credit where it is due: it was my younger brother who first identified a "shrone" and over time I've decided that I am fated to become one. A shrone is a single lady usually with some attitude, yet has a total original and off-beat sense of style (she might wear gawdy bright lipstick or a large hat with a fake birds sewn on it or dress anachronistically), and she is of advanced age. She might be thought of as a cat-lady, but she is more than just a servant to her numerous feline companions. She has more than enough eccentricism, but she does have compassion and some care---though it may not always been apparent. She is not the lady who screams at children to get out of her yard, though you might think she could do that if pushed hard enough. She is more like the witch in Hansel and Gretel who invites children in for cookies, but she would not cook and eat them. Cannabalism is not her style.

A shrone may have been married at one time, but it is perfectly normal for her to be a spinster. In her day she did enjoy the goodness of Snake and may even be a secret sex kitten or dominatrix, but that is behind her now. Paradoxically, she has not forsaken her sexuality and is known to go cruising for penis.