What do you think when you see the word "diva"?

[Phentex]

What is your first reaction? What do you think of someone who considers themself a diva?

[Little Wing]

1. uptight egotistical shallow pain in the ass

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Maria Callas.

Temperamental opera singers, mainly. "Diva" actually means "goddess."

[liontamer]

5. goddess huh?

that makes a lot of sense. thanks for the info!

[GoneOffShore]

15. Second Maria

and add our cat, Katie.

[rug]

3. Cardea

[liontamer]

4. depends on context

From your post I think you mean someone who is temperamental. But it can also refer to a really talented woman. Or a menstrual cup.

[Phentex]

6. LOL!

Forgot about that last one. :D

[liontamer]

12. I'm a recent convert

I feel like an idiot for not switching years ago. It takes a bit of motor learning at first, but it's worth it!

[Connonym]

21. I want to ask a bunch of questions but I don't want to get us locked

I was just looking at those today and thought about getting some. No leaks? (is that TMI?)

[liontamer]

23. check your inbox

Feel free to ask any questions.:hi:

[mentalsolstice]

7. My old boss n/t

[Beausoir]

8. My dog. She's a beautiful Boxer named The Diva. Emphasis on the "The".

[crim son]

9. Diving. An actual diva never occurs to me. n/t

[bigwillq]

10. Diana Ross

Elton John
Celine Dion
Whitney (although I love her)
J-Lo (although I love her)
Mariah Carey
Richard Simmons
Madonna (although I love her)
and so many more!

Some of those divas rule.....

[kwassa]

11. Unless they sing opera, they are fake, fake, fake!

The word diva is vastly misused.

[Breeze54]

13. A self-absorbed asshole.

[ornotna]

14. My knit cap

Three years ago Diva Zappa knit a beautiful cap for me that I only wear on special occasions. I love my cap, thank you Diva.


http://www.lushdesigns.co.uk/diva/

[idgiehkt]

16. RuPaul or Amanda LePore

I think about people.

[Cannikin]

17. What do you think when you see the word "diva"?

[Deep13]

29. Heh, heh. Wouldn't kick her out of bed on a cold morning.

Not that she would ever be there in the first place.

[petronius]

18. I think of Dido - but only because it's the same # of letters and two of them are the same... (nt)

[1gobluedem]

19. A few of my co-workers

And Kathleen Battle who won't let people look directly at her backstage. It's in her rider.

[Left Is Write]

20. I think of how perverted the meaning of the word has become.

[mitchum]

22. Yes! It's a long way down from Maria Callas to Beyonce

[xchrom]

24. gasp!!! nobody said xchrom?!?!

[Spirochete]

25. Enthusiastic.

(I'm dyslexic)

[Crazy Dave]

26. Cher

But to me she is a genuine diva. The rest are wannabees.

As Cher would say: "Follow this you bitches!"

[Cannikin]

30. Cher...

"You're in heaven, Jack."


"So...are you God?"


"But, if it (Show-biz) needs me, how come I keep getting rejected?"


"Look, don't talk to me about rejection! Do you know how many times I've gone down in flames? Remember, I LOST the Oscar for Moonstruck."


"But...you won the Oscar for Moonstruck."


"And don't you forget it."

[Deep13]

27. a SCUBA enthusiast from Boston

Sorry to bring it up, but it is "herself" not "themself." "Someone" is singular.

[RedStateShame]

28. An all-female DEVO cover band? Or would that be DEVA?

[Cannikin]

31. Diva isnt just for opera anymore...

American Heritage Dictionary - di·va

n. pl. di·vas or di·ve

1. An operatic prima donna.
2. A very successful singer of nonoperatic music: a jazz diva.

[dysfunctional press]

32. bob hoskins.

i loved that movie.

[kwassa]

33. I also think of the movie "Diva"

Great film.