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A little background from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/language/

cougar: slang: an older woman pursuing or dating a younger man.

Mentioned on The Late Show with David Letterman on 7/13/06.

Wow, Dave's using Misplaced Pages as an information resource now? 24.91.211.93 04:18, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I think he read this whole Misplaced Pages article verbatim on the air. Michael Hardy 00:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

He did, but stopped after the "started in Canada, spread to US" part. --TheTruthiness 06:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

No, he did not. I remember his saying "carnal activities". Michael Hardy 18:15, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Twilight cougars

If you Google "Twilight Cougars" you will find fan fiction, some of an adult nature and a variety of forums. There is a huge cougar mom fanbase as they seem to call themselves. I have added some info and refs to get people started but it needs expanding I think. I had no idea what a cougar mom was 24 hours ago but it looks to me like it's a middle aged women who watches twilight lol. Anyway there are far too many articles about this phenomena for me to read and summarise so I don't have the time to do this new section justice so I hope someone else will :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottonsocks (talk • contribs) 02:16, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
- Despite the sources, I'm not exactly sure why that section is even necessary. It suggests that Twilight is the only medium that has cougar interest. If there were more examples BESIDES Twilight, maybe. Erpert 18:03, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
  - I removed the entire section. I agree it's not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Maybe ED. -Nathan Johnson (talk) 15:02, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Graduate?

Single man? He's her daughter's boyfriend. --50.197.137.1 (talk) 17:52, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

I fixed it. And keep in mind that you can be WP:Bold when it comes to editing Misplaced Pages articles. I also made this tweak to the line. Flyer22 (talk) 02:11, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

An encyclopedia entry can go no further back than 1967 and a movie to prove that the concept of an older woman seeking a younger man existed before a latter-day slang term? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.44.33.145 (talk) 00:53, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Agreed, it's ridiculous to suggest this concept only goes back as far as 1961, slang or no slang. Let's be real, I'm sure such a relationship has first occurred not long after the dawn of man, and there hasn't been any period of time since where it wasn't happening somewhere, it's only natural. 66.208.24.98 (talk) 19:37, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Update/Note: The Jolly Bard altered the material. Flyer22 (talk) 21:35, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Does this sentence sound right to you?

"However, the term can also refer to any female who has a male partner much younger than herself, regardless of age or age difference." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.21.73.12 (talk) 16:18, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Incorrect and/or improper usage of commas

I reverted Cebr1979 on poor grammar, as seen with this edit. He reverted me only to realize that I was clearly correct on one instance. What Cebr1979 fails to realize is that I was correct on more than one instance, despite his insult, which, given his reputation, is not surprising. That he decided to WP:Edit war is also not surprising, given his reputation. As seen with this edit, I reverted him again, citing a discussion that is similar to this matter (one at Talk:Justin Bieber). Cebr1979 reverted again, with another insult typical of his style.

At Talk:Justin Bieber, I stated, "It should simply be 'music magazine Rolling Stone,' not "the music magazine, Rolling Stone.' Consider if we were stating that Bieber guest starred on The 100. It should be "Bieber guest starred on the television show The 100.", not "Bieber guest starred on the television show, The 100." The comma should not be there. Similarly, Cebr1979 has added commas between Cougar Club and Cougar Town, so that it reads as "The 2007 film, Cougar Club " and "The 2009 sitcom, Cougar Town ." The commas should not be there; it should simply be "The 2007 film Cougar Club" and "The 2009 sitcom Cougar Town." If the word the was an "a," then commas would be fine there.

I will contact WP:Grammar to weigh in on this matter. Flyer22 (talk) 09:30, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

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