Define Prima-donna Meaning

A strongly temperamental person who presents him or herself as moody or irritable and expresses erratic / unpredictable behavior that is not accepted well by the general public.

A person who is vain and consider themselves too good to do certain tasks and live under conditions they consider inadequate.

In simple modern term a Prima Donna is known to be someone who displays themselves as a "Drama Queen" or "Diva". It is often used to describe someone arrogant, egoistic, cocky or just plain bitchy and not nice.

Word Origin: from Italian "First Lady" recorded in the year 1782
(Boy how times have changed .. nothing comparable to what a Prima Donna is actually considered today then centuries ago)

From Italian words meaning "first woman" or "first lady", depending on your preference, the prima donna is the leading lady in a performance, and especially in opera. Can also be called a diva.

Is now often used to describe someone arrogant, vain, or just plain bitchy. Diva and prima donna have become synonomous with a show-off or a bitch, regardless of whether or not the person in question is male or female.

01: a person that's considered vain, temperamental and/or conceited.
02: a distinguished female operatic singer; a leading female operatic star; a diva.

A person who is vain and consider themselves too good to do certain tasks and live under conditions they consider inadequant

"Prima donna" refers to someone who is vain, arrogant, unreasonably, and difficult to work with. Unlike "diva" (which has largely replaced the older term), prima donna is more easily used for either gender. The term also implies that a prima donna is overrated due to an overestimated sense of self-importance. Many actors, professional sports stars, and musicians could be labeled prima donnas.

Someone who exhausts you with their constant need for affection to glorify their massive egos. You don't want to be their friend anymore but you're afraid they'll take out an ad in the newspaper denouncing you as someone uncaring just because you abhor interacting with them any longer.

An underground SoCal paintball team which was founded circa 2001, at Foothill High School, in Santa Ana, CA. The team only having three members for two or so years, would pick up random players to aid in the teams success. The team eventually grew to include a total of 6 official players. Many paintballers who play with the Prima donnaS are not officially on the team.
*Before becoming the "Prima donnaS" the team was named "The Rat Pack" and "The Mob" until a member over heard a conversation about "Pre-Madonna." After consulting the other team members, the name was switched and a new spelling of the word was set in. The end result being "Prima donnaS." When referred to as “PS” or “PS Army” the question as to why the “S” and not the “D” in “donnas” is capitalized, is because when coming up with a logo for the team, the members decided to make the logo with a big “P” and “S” making the logo stand out.
*The team eventually branched out of paintball and into the airsoft world. There, they were an even stronger force to contend with.
*Airsoft teams from practically every school in the Tustin Unified School District have challenged the Prima donnaS, and have yet to be successful in defeating them in as many games as the Prima donnaS have defeated their challengers.
*One such case is, during the Sector 9 (Hewes) vs. Prima donnaS (Foothill) match, the Prima donnaS successfully defeated Sector 9 twenty consecutive times, only loosing one match all day. The Prima donnaS played a 4 on 6 game format.
(Prima donnaS = 4 Sector 9 = 6)
*The Prima donnaS had a dry spell during 2003-2004, not playing much paintball or airsoft, if any. This is considered to be the period where the Prima donnaS evolved into more of a club, than a team. One can be a Prima donnA, and not have any affiliation with paintball or airsoft, yet have an affiliation with its members. The members of the team also incorporate their winning, cocky, fashionable, arrogant, extraverted and fun sportsmanship, and attitudes, in pretty much everything they do, i.e. school, jobs, other sports, grocery shopping, etc.
*In 2005, one of the founders of the Prima donnaS, went on to create a team of lesser skill, but of the same drive, devotion, and lust of winning that the original team had. The Prima donnaS Army was born, and it opened up a gateway for any and all players to gain experience and play with the Prima donnaS, just not on the official team. It is rumored that the PS Army would only allow sXe (straight edge) lifestyle people to play for the team, but was eventually nixed in lieu of a team for everyone to partake in. It is also said that anyone who plays ball (paintball or airsoft) with the Prima donnaS or its Army is automatically on the Prima donnaS Army.
*The process to get in isn’t an easy one, and players do not try out in the normal fashion. There is much secrecy evolving around the team, as and how the members pick outsiders to join them. One can only be accepted on the team by referral from a member or Prima donnaS Army member.
*Being part of the Prima donnaS is like being part of the Mafia. Once you're in, you pretty much stay in, and are well taken care of. Everyone on the team is like family and takes care of and supports one another like family. One of their (many) mottos is, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch your back."
*The Prima donnaS are agg, and would like to keep it that way. The team is not corporate, and is more so based along the lines of having fun and winning, because “you have fun when you win, not when you loose.” –Prima donnaS
The Prima donnaS have their own custom design team which will agg out any thing they can get their hands on. Most notably, the “Green Goblin” and “El Diablo” desert eagle airsoft guns. More of the Prima donnaS custom gear can be seen at groups.myspace.com/primadonnasarmy .
*The Prima donnaS videos feature as of yet, only airsoft footage/ownage. The new videos will include airsoft, paintball, and leisure time with the PS Army. “Prima donnas: Orange County Hardcore” is due to be released sometime during summer 2006, with a maximum wait time for release being Christmas 2006.
*All further questions might be answered at their myspace.com group website.

Viva la Prima donnaS!

greater than life. A starlet, diva, admired by all. Love by men hated by women, cherished by time.

A sports athlete who is usually overpaid, loves to complain and when everything goes wrong will blame everyone except for himself. No matter how talented they are, they will always be a cancer to the teams they play for. An overgrown overpaid spoiled brat.

A girl who is a high maintenance drama queen.