By (///▽///) - 18/02/2017 21:00 - United States - Austin

Today, I learned that "prima donna" was not in fact "pre-Madonna" like I'd always thought. My family won't stop laughing at me. FML
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By Anonymous - 23/04/2023 12:00 - Austria - Graz

Today, at my mum’s birthday dinner, my brother-in-law used a Latin phrase in the wrong way. Since we all have learned Latin, I taught him the correct way until everyone facepalmed in my direction. He made a rather nice wordplay and now I’m known as the educated idiot who is too stupid to understand a simple joke. FML
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Jachin357 28

well... I just learned something new too. The more you know!

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stingray112 24

If that's the dumbest thing that you do, you'll be alright

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28actress 22

It's the only reason I knew the real spelling! *originally in my first comment but for some reason FML glitched and only put the first sentence

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28actress 22

It's the only reason that I knew the real spelling *originally in my comment but FML glitched (like always) and only posted the first sentence

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egnur_mas 19

I had been guilty of this until I googled it. It made a whole lot more sense once I found out hehe.

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maikeru1979 23

and people are wondering why the downfall of Western Society is happening so fast. This FML right here is a reason why! If someone can't tell the difference between Prima Donna and Pre-Madonna it is TIME FOR SERIOUS EDUCATION REFORM IN THE USA. I WEEP FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

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janfleury 19

Everyone has gaps in their knowledge. Everyone, including you.

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sousaphonist 14

...I'm guessing you've never seen "The Phantom of the Opera", then

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janfleury 19

Everyone has gaps in the knowledge. Everyone. Learn and move on. When you stumbled upon o. of your family members gap remember what you felt like and be kind. You actually learned 2 things that day. Good luck Op.

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GIJoefan 6

Prima Donna is an Italian saying literally translated as First Lady. It's used to describe any celeb with a big ego, who's very demanding.

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Taurus_ChicKa 36

It's not? Well shit, I've been saying it wrong for 25+ years then!

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zeusdom 15

Don't worry, I thought this was a thing for a long time too, only in the last couple years did I find out as well

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caliguy08 17

Well yeah... I mean that's both ridiculous and funny. Who doesn't know what "Prima Donna" is? Have you never read a book, journal or article; never seen a movie, television show or documentary, that stated that term at least once, in such a way to indicate the meaning of the term?

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jessebelle0714 16

You can know the meaning of a word/phrase without knowing how to spell it correctly.

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jessebelle0714 16

OP isn't necessarily saying they didn't know the definition. Just the way it was spelled. I made the same mistake with the phrase until just a couple years ago too.

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