silver fox

Noun

silver fox (plural silver foxes)

1. A melanistic red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with silver to black fur.
2. A domestic rabbit of a rare breed with silvery-black fur.
3. (colloquial) An attractive person who has graying hair.
   • My surprise visitor was Marcus, arriving early for the party. In tow he had a mean silver fox, a curator who was programming an encyclopedic exhibition of the anti-epoch to which Marcus and I belonged at a major museum.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN
   • It’s more useful as a gender neutral term, saving the hassle of constant translation – Milf to Dilf, cougar to silver fox, mutton dressed up as lamb to beef dressed up as veal.2023 August 10, Zoe Williams, “Ripped, hot and in your 50s? You are now, officially, ‘beekeeping age’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
   1. (colloquial, especially) An attractive man with graying hair.
   2. (colloquial) An attractive woman with graying hair.