Why Everyone Loves Hot, Smart Older Women By Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. Posted
October 10, 2008. The word "desperation" has disappeared from the definition of "cougar"; words like smart, successful and funny have taken its place. Leopard-print spandex, Lee press-on nails and orangey-foundation used to be the signs of a cougar sighting: a single, man-hungry, 30-something woman....