Learn English – the meaning of ‘divalicious’

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I have been reading an article with the following line:

Now what happened next was such a divalicious move

My question is about the word "divalicious".

I have looked it up in two dictionaries but such word is not exist at all.

What is its meaning?

Best Answer

divalicious move

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The link above shows a pre-teen boy performing a delicious move / body movement, typical of a "diva" from the world of pop or showbusiness.

Divalicious is an example of a blend word, diva is joined to delicious, minus the prefix de-.

A blend is a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two or more other words or word parts. Also known as a portmanteau word, telescoping, lexical interlocking, and semantic conflation.

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