Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US black) a stately woman, not invariably beautiful, but always of a certain grandeur.

1997–2001

Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 diva n 1. goddess, queen; literally ‘first woman’ (‘She is such a diva.’).

2. any accomplished woman in any occupation.

2002

‘Touré’ Portable Promised Land (ms.) 153: We Words (My Favorite Things) [...] Threads. Dapper. Dipped. Clean. Sharp. Diva. Playa. Fly girl. Fly guy.

3. (US black/gay) an arrogant black man, who indicates his feelings by elaborate finger-snaps.

1993

Lerner et al. Dict. of Today’s Words 164: Snap diva – a Black male who shows disdain with a highly stylized choreography of finger-snapping [...] a gay urban street term.