Some women apparently find it mildly offensive. I always tell friends my GF SpicyT is a cougar. It inadvertently results in mild injury to me each time. I'm older than her.;-)

BenT

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On Jan 20, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Tom Torrella <ttorrella4@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> Wish I was....... Amazing the controls on society....
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> http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16565434/utah-school-passes-on-cougars-as-mascot
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> SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah school district has decided against using "Cougars" as a mascot for a new high school in part because of the negative connotation of the word in popular culture.
> Canyons School District Superintendent David S. Doty says the selection of "Chargers" as mascot was driven by the desire for originality, despite a poll of some future students that showed 26 percent in favor of using the cougar.
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> At least three Utah schools, including Brigham Young University, use cougar as a mascot.
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> Doty says public comments reflect a desire to be different, but he also notes that some see the word cougar as carrying a "negative double entendre."
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> The term cougar in popular culture can refer to women in their 40s who have sex with younger men.
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