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cougarhood

cougarhood noun: the condition of being a cougar (older woman who seeks relationships with younger males).

Noun

cougarhood (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, US, rare, slang) The condition of being a cougar (older woman who seeks relationships with younger males).
    • And dating guys twenty years younger means you have officially hit cougarhood, proceed with caution.2009, Reba Toney, The Rating Game: The Foolproof Formula for Finding Your Perfect Soul Mate, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 130
    • Maybe they're still "studs" and "Lotharios", even at that age, long after the females have lost their "slut" status and moved on to cougarhood.2009, Paul Madarasz, “How many cougars are there on the prowl?”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jul 2018

Examples of cougarhood in a sentence

  • The women that age who have taken up the cause of cougarhood, if I might call it that, seem to have no trouble flaunting it, like it's something worth crowing about.2010, Douglas Browning, Season of Guilt, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
  • C'mon, at this point even Gloria's adult daughter is too old and too ugly to be worthy of cougarhood.2011, Ferd Berfle, “Gloria Allred”, in alt.clubs.just-for-fun (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jul 2018:
  • Are you a MILF yet, or did you move up to cougarhood?2018, Daniel Urban, Grow Up Already, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN:

Origin of cougarhood

From cougar + -hood.

Questions about cougarhood

What does cougarhood mean?
Cougarhood means the condition of being a cougar (older woman who seeks relationships with younger males).
How do you use cougarhood in a sentence?
The women that age who have taken up the cause of cougarhood, if I might call it that, seem to have no trouble flaunting it, like it's something worth crowing about.
What part of speech is cougarhood?
Cougarhood is a noun.

Words near cougarhood in the dictionary

  1. Couflens
  2. Coug
  3. Coug it
  4. Cougal
  5. cougar
  6. cougarhood
  7. cougaring
  8. cougarish
  9. cougarlike
  10. cougarness
  11. cougars

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