# Milf?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milf/155295>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 15, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milf/155295 "2003-02-15T20:25:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milf/155295/21 "2003-02-17T22:25:12Z")

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Being in college I can hardly avoid the term MILF in every day usage (not by me, by others) but Cougar is a new one to me.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milf/155295/22 "2003-02-18T02:24:00Z")

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I only started hearing MILF used recently, and it’s not usually in the context of desiring an older woman. I hear it used by twenty-something guys eying twenty-something moms. The context I always got from it was that they were sexy despite being moms, not because of it.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Barber_s_Underwear)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milf/155295/23 "2003-02-18T02:59:39Z")

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My friends and I had always referred to them as “yummy-mummies” in highschool ('90-'94).

- Bubba.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milf/155295/24 "2003-02-18T04:16:59Z")

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> old men (i.e. over 35)

_ **sob** _

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milf/155295/25 "2003-02-18T07:16:35Z")

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Now, to qualify as a ‘MILF’, does the woman in question merely need to be a mother, or does she have to be old enough to be _my_ mother? If the latter, then I know a few who’d qualify, but far fewer than if the former.

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