# A woman who likes younger men is a cougar- what's a younger man who likes older women?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 24, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191 "2011-07-24T18:23:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/1 "2011-07-24T18:23:07Z")
Is there a specific term? I’m not talking about gigolos or hustlers or “dudes with mommy issues” but men who are legitimately attracted to women older than they are.
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### Author:  [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/2 "2011-07-24T18:33:04Z")
Ashton Kutcher.
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/3 "2011-07-24T18:33:27Z")
A younger man who is with an older woman is called a cub. I don’t know that there is a term for a young man who is attracted to older women.
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### Author:  [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/4 "2011-07-24T18:47:13Z")
A bastard or the opposite of a bastard? It’s so rare that it doesn’t need a name yet, young men are not that picky as far as which age the woman is.
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### Author:  [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/5 "2011-07-24T18:57:44Z")
A grave robber.
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### Author:  [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/6 "2011-07-24T19:01:55Z")
A granny-grabber?
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### Author:  [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/7 "2011-07-24T19:14:19Z")
An [Elk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar#Hunting_and_diet)?
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/8 "2011-07-24T20:03:15Z")
Cougar tamer.
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/9 "2011-07-24T21:03:36Z")
> [@paperbackwriter](#):
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> An [Elk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar#Hunting_and_diet)?
This is my theory. The theory that is mine, by me.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/10 "2011-07-24T21:12:57Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> Ashton Kutcher.
> [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> A grave robber.
> [@Malacandra](#):
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> A granny-grabber?
That’s some grade **A** funny there boy, I tell you what!
😃
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### Author:  [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/11 "2011-07-24T21:15:27Z")
Don’t know if it applies to the real world, but TV Tropes calls them [Cake Eaters.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CakeEater)
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/12 "2011-07-24T21:19:58Z")
A motherfucker.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/13 "2011-07-24T21:24:09Z")
Desperate?
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/14 "2011-07-24T21:29:02Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#):
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> Don’t know if it applies to the real world, but TV Tropes calls them [Cake Eaters.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CakeEater)
But that’s because it calls older single women [Christmas Cake](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChristmasCake). And older means over 25, as its an anime trope.
As funny as they may seem. **Melon** ’s and **Mala** ’s suggestions are actually pretty accurate.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/15 "2011-07-24T21:53:56Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#):
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> Don’t know if it applies to the real world, but TV Tropes calls them [Cake Eaters.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CakeEater)
TV Tropes, in my experience, is largely comprised of stuff someone made up and is hoping will become a common expression because he put it on TV Tropes.
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### Author:  [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/16 "2011-07-24T22:12:37Z")
Us older women call them boy toys.
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### Author:  [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/17 "2011-07-24T22:15:50Z")
A MILF Hunter.
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/18 "2011-07-24T22:33:09Z")
A Muffin.
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/19 "2011-07-24T23:26:24Z")
> [@paperbackwriter](#):
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> An [Elk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar#Hunting_and_diet)?
I like it.
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### Author:  [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/20 "2011-07-25T01:31:48Z")
since cougars have cubs then the obvious name for a young man looking for an older woman would be cub scout.
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