Curmudgeon

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

http://www.word-detective.com/072999.html#curmudgeon

I'm sure there is some roughly equivalent word for female curmudgeons, 
a word from New England or Old England, but after uselessly searching
on-line thesauri, all I can think of is "astringent old lady". Unisex
words like crank, crab, grouch lack the connotation of affectionate
humor held by "curmudgeon". Me, I'm a catmudgeon.