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Sunday 30 January 2022

Sunday Rest: pre-Madonna.

 I saw the word pre-Madonna on a comment board the other day.

Presumably it describes someone who doesn't subscribe to the principles of humility that are such an important part of the Christian religion.

Still, it's fine to say it out loud.

Sunday Rest: pre-Madonna. Madonna means my lady in Italian and usually refers to the mother of Christ. 

according to Wikipedia this is Mother and Child with Angles (sic) by Adriaen Isenbrandt

Prima donna means first lady, also in Italian, and refers to an Opera Star, or else anyone else who tends to have tantrums when under pressure, or when they don't get their own way.



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