As a kid, when a person was described as being prima donna, I assumed they were saying pre-Madonna. I thought how cool she must be that the arrival of Madonna was used to describe people as either cool or lame.
A childhood belief about pop stars
others believed things like this
- I use to believe that a "Prima Donna" was "Pre-Madonna"---someone before Madonna's time.
— Lacey S - I used to believe that the word prima donna was actually pre-MadonnaAnon
- When Madonna sang "let the choir sing" in "Like a Prayer", I thought she was singing "love by proxy"— Kristen
- I used to believe that Madonna's Papa don't preach was pop-a-long priest— Mark "lyric master" Rowbowtohme
- When I was younger I always imagined Madonna and Micheal Jackson would get married.— munky
- When I was eight, I loved Madonna's "Papadompe Beach." Didn't get why she was in trouble, though....— tncatboy