cougar
- noun
- /ˈkuːɡər/
- Offensive
- I need a virile man who can handle a cougar like me.
- cougar woman
- hot cougars
- cougar love
How are people feeling about Cougars these days?
- How are people feeling about Cougars these days?
- That, you know, the cougar movement that was so fun to make jokes about is a very real thing.
Examples
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Many people admire how a cougar can carry herself with such style and grace.
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I'm practically a cougar.
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Hey big daddy, you ever been with a cougar?
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Looks like Taylor could be a cougar in training.
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Is Taylor Swift a cougar in training?
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Madonna was a cougar before the word 'cougar' was even invented.
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Prepare yourselves, because the cougars are on the prowl.
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Interesting that "cradle robbers" or "cougars," as older women with younger men are sometimes called today, existed way back then.
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She confidently embraced her identity as a cougar and started dating younger men.
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He was surprised to find that his charming new girlfriend was a cougar who enjoyed younger company.
Synonyms
A person who dates someone much younger than them
A person who dates someone much younger
Surface Forms
Etymology
The slang use of cougar comes from comparing an older woman to the hunting cat that stalks younger 'prey', so people began using cougar for a woman who seeks much younger men.