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Cougar—a woman, 40 years of age or older, who pursues younger men, typically more than eight years her junior. The origin of the word is debated; however, it is thought to have first appeared in print on the Canadian dating website Cougardate.com.

I’m just not liking the word.  I’m not feeling it at all.  It sounds so predatory.  And not at all attractive, especially since the women we’re referring to usually are.

I’m all for older woman going after younger men.  Yea, I know all about the statistics with respect to sexual peaks.  Women reaching it later and all, so it actually makes more sense for it to happen.

Bill Simmons, The Sports Guy, refers to the group of attractive over 40 women as The Diane Lane All-Stars.    And has a list of them, including:

Raquel Welch, Sharon Stone, Julie Christie and Meredith Baxter-Birney (the all-time hottest TV mom) over the past two decades, Jaclyn Smith (the senior member of the team); the lead singer from Berlin (surprisingly hot in the VH1 show that reunited ’80s bands); Jacqueline Bisset; Cheryl Hines (a perennial All-Star); Sandra Bullock (surprisingly frisky these days); Arianna Huffington (the sleeper of this list); Maura Tierney (aging like a nice burgundy); Kelly Ripa (as soon as she turns 40); and, of course, Jim Lampley.

I like the All-Stars.  It sounds better.  More complimentary.

I recommend we change the term Cougar to All-Star in honor of Diane Lane.

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Sources:  ESPN.com, AskMen.Com, geniusbeauty.com, wikipedia.org