well, adj.; new light on "diva"

[Dan Goncharoff]

Isn't this a lyric from a Beyonce song called "Diva" from a few years ago??
DanG



On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> II
> Musician and fashionista Katy Perry explained on VH1 this week, "A 'diva'
> is
> a female version of a hustla [sic]!  I am a proud diva!"
>
> A "diva" (at the cultural level we're talking about) used to be a female
> prima donna (no redundancy there).  It widened to include male prima
> donnas.  If Katy is right, it's now generated the sense "competitive,
> hard-working woman."  Soon to be extended to men, of course.
>
> JL
>
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