unisex diva

[Wilson Gray]

There's an episode of (I think) "Family Guy," in which a bull is
addressed as "Mr. Cow" and accepts it. Perhaps he was Elmer, the
*other* Borden cow.

-Wilson

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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."
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> Cf. earlier "prima donna."
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> JL
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