"cougarhood" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "cougar + -hood",
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          "ref": "2009, Reba Toney, The Rating Game: The Foolproof Formula for Finding Your Perfect Soul Mate, St. Martin's Griffin, page 130",
          "text": "And dating guys twenty years younger means you have officially hit cougarhood, proceed with caution.",
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          "ref": "2009, Paul Madarasz, “How many cougars are there on the prowl?”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-19",
          "text": "Maybe they're still \"studs\" and \"Lotharios\", even at that age, long after the females have lost their \"slut\" status and moved on to cougarhood.",
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          "ref": "2010, Douglas Browning, Season of Guilt, Xlibris Corporation",
          "text": "The women that age who have taken up the cause of cougarhood, if I might call it that, seem to have no trouble flaunting it, like it's something worth crowing about.",
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          "ref": "2011, Ferd Berfle, “Gloria Allred”, in alt.clubs.just-for-fun (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-19",
          "text": "C'mon, at this point even Gloria's adult daughter is too old and too ugly to be worthy of cougarhood.",
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          "text": "2011, Trijcomm, “Generation X women turning 40 are learning to embrace and celebrate their cougarhood”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-19:",
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          "ref": "2018, Daniel Urban, Grow Up Already, Page Publishing Inc",
          "text": "Are you a MILF yet, or did you move up to cougarhood? When does one become a cougar?",
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        "The condition of being a cougar (older woman who seeks relationships with younger males)."
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        "(Canada, US, slang, rare) The condition of being a cougar (older woman who seeks relationships with younger males)."
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  "word": "cougarhood"
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          "ref": "2009, Reba Toney, The Rating Game: The Foolproof Formula for Finding Your Perfect Soul Mate, St. Martin's Griffin, page 130",
          "text": "And dating guys twenty years younger means you have officially hit cougarhood, proceed with caution.",
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