cougarhood en · NOUN
Etymology
From cougar + -hood.
Meanings
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(Canada, US, rare, slang, uncountable) 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: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: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:Are you a MILF yet, or did you move up to cougarhood? When does one become a cougar?
2018, Daniel Urban, Grow Up Already, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN: