Today we are going to talk about a pretty new slang word: a cougar. This is a pretty popular new word and there is even a new sitcom (situational comedy - a 30 minute comedy show) on TV called Cougar Town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HLhOrQuy9U
A cougar is an older woman who dates younger men often to use them for sex. I heard that the word started in Canada(maybe Calgary?) but I am not sure if that is true. Some young guys like to go to "cougar bars" to meet older women for sex and not have to think of the complications you get from relationships...
...it is an interesting phenomenon because when older men date younger women people are not so surprised and consider it normal but when older women date younger women it is still considered a bit shocking. This is what we call a double standard, meaning one thing is ok but the opposite isn't.
Hope you enjoyed this mini-lesson on recent slang~!
Phil
P.S. slang is what we call a very casual form of speech for example gyakunan is slang for gyanku nanpa or reverse picking up in Japanese ^_-
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