The "flattering" term for an attractive older woman is MILF.
That's yuck -- a cougar has agency of her own! The MILF is being seen through the male gaze t /women's studies
Gimme some milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 30, 2008 6:07:55 am PDT #9742 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Frankenbuddha - May 30, 2008 6:08:03 am PDT #9743 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've always gotten a really negative vibe from it, though I don't know that I could pinpoint why.
I think the negative vibe comes from the idea of being preyed upon. Which is why I think any big cat would have the same vibe.
Good thing it wasn't, say, "hyena" that got the nod.
msbelle - May 30, 2008 6:08:52 am PDT #9744 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
but a cougar is an older woman dating a younger man and a MILF, is just an attractive mom, not necessarily dating a younger guy, right - different terms.
§ ita § - May 30, 2008 6:09:53 am PDT #9745 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've always gotten a really negative vibe from it, though I don't know that I could pinpoint why.
It's not a flattering term.
Well, for right now, we're talking about it outside of the May December meaning, just in the animal sense. Tiger, cougar, cheetah, leopard, lion...they all work for me in a sinuous, seductive, predatory sense. It may be that I'm willing to give credit to the syllables just because the animals are so efficient, though.
I've seen enough women stand up and claim cougar that I wasn't sure it was a negative term. It's not like all cougars have the options of calling themselves MILFs, after all.
Nutty - May 30, 2008 6:13:08 am PDT #9746 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think the idea is, a MILF is always older than the [boy-person] contemplating her. Because, theoretically, there comes a point in a boy-person's life where the person he is F-ing is in fact likely to be an M, or even the M of children he fathered, but when he is looking at his wife, he does not think MILF. Because a woman his own age -- horrors!
This would be why men irritate me so much.
Steph L. - May 30, 2008 6:13:20 am PDT #9747 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
they all work for me in a sinuous, seductive, predatory sense.
How about liger?
tommyrot - May 30, 2008 6:14:34 am PDT #9748 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How about liger?
"Liger" strikes me as a metrosexual tiger.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
sumi - May 30, 2008 6:18:15 am PDT #9749 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
French Open - I missed this! And WTF!!! Serena out in the first week? I saw her first round match and she was doing so well!
Disappointing.
§ ita § - May 30, 2008 6:18:17 am PDT #9750 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the idea is, a MILF is always older than the [boy-person] contemplating her
I've seen it used in arenas that imply that the mere act of giving birth reduces a woman's attractiveness as much as or more than aging can, so it's no longer about relative age. She's not fresh anymore.
Nutty - May 30, 2008 6:21:35 am PDT #9751 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
She's not fresh anymore.
Thank you for lowering my opinion of humanity even further.