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The origin of the word cougar as a slang term is debated, but it is thought to have originated in Western Canada and first appeared in print on the Canadian dating website Cougardate.com possibly as early as 1999. [3] It has also been stated to have "originated in Vancouver, British Columbia, as a put-down for older women who would go to bars ...
Pejorative term often describing an obnoxious, angry, or entitled White woman. Originated among Black people to refer to an unreasonable White woman. The term became popular on Black Twitter as a meme used to describe White women who "tattle on Black kids' lemonade stands." These days often used by people of all races. "Okay, stop being a Karen."
Nickname (s) Nana, Len, Lin, Lean. Derived. Helena. Lena is a female given name, usually meaning “light”, “bright” and “shining”. Lena is popular in Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Swedish, French, Finnish, and was the most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2013.
Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her elder brother was Hector, the hero of the Greek- Trojan War. The older and most common versions of the myth state that she was admired by the god Apollo, who sought to win her love by means of the gift of seeing the future.
Shirley is a given name and a surname originating from the English place-name Shirley, which is derived from the Old English elements scire ("shire") or scīr ("bright, clear") and lēah ("wood, clearing, meadow, enclosure"). The name makes reference to the open space where the moot (an early English assembly of freemen which met to administer ...
In England and Wales, the name Tracy was not unknown, but unusual, with about two a year, from 1837 until 1955, when, following the success of the American film star Spencer Tracy, [citation needed] the name quite suddenly became very popular, rising to a maximum of 7667 babies being given that name in 1964, but after 1970 the popularity quickly declined to 475 in 1985.
Phoebe (given name) Phoebe or Phœbe ( / ˈfiːbi / FEE-bee; [1] Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized : Phoíbē) is a female name, the feminine form of the male name Phoebus ( Φοῖβος ), an epithet of Apollo meaning "bright", "shining", and “pure”. In Greek mythology, Phoebe was a Titan associated with the power of prophecy as well ...
Julia was the 30th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for women in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular ...