# A woman who likes younger men is a cougar- what's a younger man who likes older women? **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/21 "2011-07-25T01:39:06Z")
Geezer pleaser? Or is that just for aficionados of older men ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/22 "2011-07-25T01:45:52Z")
I suggest cougee. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/23 "2011-07-25T02:23:51Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > since cougars have cubs then the obvious name for a young man looking for an older woman would be cub scout. Wouldn’t he be a gay dude looking to bang a guy whose mom is a whore? Kind of specific. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/24 "2011-07-25T14:49:17Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > A MILF Hunter. This. It doesn’t matter whether the older woman actually has kids. Cub is usually a term that is used from the cougar’s perspective as I understand it. I don’t think a guy who is into older women would refer to himself as a cub. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/25 "2011-07-25T14:56:45Z")
Antique collector. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/26 "2011-07-25T15:08:28Z")
A man. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/27 "2011-07-25T15:18:01Z")
Some (most?) people think that a guy who likes younger women is a stud, but vice versa is a pervert. I’m going to be high brow literary and go with [Franklin](http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/51-fra.html) ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/28 "2011-07-25T17:51:55Z")
> [@naita](#): > > A man. This. We’re not picky. 😉 > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’m going to be high brow literary and go with [Franklin](http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/51-fra.html) I KNEW this is where you were headed! 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/29 "2011-07-25T18:00:27Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > 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. > [@Magiver](#): > > since cougars have cubs then the obvious name for a young man looking for an older woman would be cub scout. > [@awldune](#): > > Cub is usually a term that is used from the cougar’s perspective as I understand it. I don’t think a guy who is into older women would refer to himself as a cub. Mmm no, not so much. [Cub is a gay sex term](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cub). ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/30 "2011-07-25T18:09:12Z")
Where I live they’re called cubs, but it doesn’t seem to be as well-established a term as MILF or cougar. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/31 "2011-07-25T18:10:46Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > Where I live they’re called cubs, but it doesn’t seem to be as well-established a term as MILF or cougar. It’s a very well-established term. It just doesn’t mean what you think it means (see post above). ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/32 "2011-07-25T18:21:56Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > It’s a very well-established term. It just doesn’t mean what you think it means (see post above). Good thing words never have two meanings, right? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/33 "2011-07-25T18:32:45Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Good thing words never have two meanings, right? Thing is, when they have a very specific sexual connotation (especially when the far more commonly accepted meaning is a homosexual one) most people don’t want to leave any room for confusion. If you look at the ratings on UD, the gay definition has 432 thumbs up and 129 down, while the “young man who likes older women” definition has 8 thumbs up and 17 down. Not popular. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/34 "2011-07-25T22:01:25Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 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. So you don’t read through the examples, or you misunderstand the point of the site. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/35 "2011-07-25T22:53:22Z")
Wrinkle chasers. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/36 "2011-07-26T02:40:50Z")
In Japan, they are called swallows. I’m not sure of the nuances or whether it is in common use now. ---
**Author:** ![double\_p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@double\_p](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double_p)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/37 "2011-07-26T02:49:09Z")
could be a “grand” mother fucker ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/38 "2011-07-26T10:10:48Z")
A toyboy. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/39 "2011-07-26T10:32:29Z")
Brave. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191/40 "2011-07-26T15:07:57Z")
I’ve heard and second “boy toys,” although more precisely it suggests the male equivalent of “arm candy.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-who-likes-younger-men-is-a-cougar-whats-a-younger-man-who-likes-older-women/590191.md?page=3)