At work, my office is currently going through pop culture’s spin on nicknames. “Cougar” and “Chicken Hawk” have been the most recent names floating about. How? Well, it began after I went on a night out to a bar and getting hit on by a “cougar”. Then followed the questions, “what’s a ‘Cougar’?” Once we all became fully aware of this new/not-so-new name, it hasn’t stopped rolling off the tongue.

What’s up with nick names? The names that are combined into one word? Really?

To most interesting part to sharing pop culture in the office is how it opens each of us to better knowing each other. I’ve never heard a sixty-year old woman say “she’s a Cougar” before, but I guess there’s always a first.