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divo
 n.— «A divo is someone who has confidence, class and the ability to command attention and take over an audience.» —“In the Locker Room With Ronnie Goines” by Matt Kaplan in Oberlin College Oberlin Review (Ohio) Sept. 23, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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