- Joined
- Jul 11, 2003
Mille apologies, Olympia. I'm just a crotchety old man now and not the vibrant intelligent and handsome divo I used to be. I hope I didn't offend. Anyway, can you define Diva? In its original opera form it meant a demanding virtuosa.Wash your mouth out with soap, Joe! (I say this with the greatest respect.) Skating has its very own appeal, despite its parallels to dance, sport, flying, and magic. And is was us fans who came up with the term diva. The skaters are busy skating.
If we need an original term, we can say premiere patineuse absolute, which I have paralleled after premiere danseuse and prima donna assoluta. People better versed in French and Italian, feel free to correct and embroider. But for brevity, diva works just fine for me.