unisex diva

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jan 2 15:13:24 UTC 2010


Maybe not so new, but English author Alexander Rose on C-SPAN in 2006 has
just (sic) referred to one of George Washington's (male) spies as "such a
diva."

Cf. earlier "prima donna."

JL

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