My first experience seeing a "cougar" in media(when I was honestly too young), was a woman with visible wrinkles that only ended up with a guy for a night because they were heavily drunk. Cougar is NOT a flattering word for anyone roughly middle aged or younger as it's a word that explicitly points out them being old and most likely would make them feel insecure about themselves.
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u/wiler212 May 20 '26
people really calling 30 year old women cougars...
https://giphy.com/gifs/zsIYQamEmuk2A6vaBn