Meanings
plural Mrs. Robinsons
- informalAn older woman who seduces a younger man.
There are the women who fall in love and seduce teenagers, the Mrs. Robinsons.
2007, Chris Hansen, To Catch a Predator4 more examples
It's no longer the frustrated, outrageous outlet of a "Mrs. Robinson" or the lonely line of the spring of "Mrs. Stone."
1974, Vogue, volume 163, page iiiA Mr. Goodbar crowd (with some Mrs. Robinsons) and the hottest sundown cruising in town for the 40-and-under professional crowd.
1979 November, Texas Monthly, volume 7, number 11But what about the Mrs. Robinsons? Apart from the ecstasy of sexual union and the joy of being with a perpetually erect, chronically ready young man (admittedly more fun than either jogging or yoghurt), is something else going on?
1988, Barbara Gordon, Jennifer fever: older men/younger womenMost women are seeking to be with a man they can trust to do this for them, so, if you want coaching, fess up, tell her you need a Mrs. Robinson, and you might get lucky.
2008, Xaviera Hollander, Katje van Dijk, The Happy Hooker's Guide to Sex: 69 Orgasmic Ways to Pleasure a Woman
present singular third person Mrs. Robinsons · participle present Mrs. Robinsoning · participle past Mrs. Robinsoned · past Mrs. Robinsoned
- slangtransitiveOf a woman, to seduce a younger man.
At the time I wrote this, it didn't seem appropriate to mention in The Times that I've ‘got my eye’ on husky-voiced, awkward Marv – Charlie's best friend – and would totally Mrs Robinson him when he reaches the age of majority; some four years hence form his age in the books.
2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury, page 180
Origin
Name of a character in Charles Webb's The Graduate (1963) and its film adaptation.
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