fanciesolder-phile

[sp1814]

What's the correct word for someone who is only ever attracted to someone much older than them?

<something>ophile.

Anyone know?

[Joe_the_Lion]

Gerontophilia.

I think.

[Quizmonster]

'Gerontophilia' comes from the Greek root-word meaning 'old man'. Because someone is "much older" than the person attracted to him/her, that doesn't mean that he/she is actually old.
For example, a 17 year-old girl might fancy a man of 40, but he hardly qualifies as "an old man". So, such a relationship is not gerontophiliac, but - If she fancied an old age pensioner of 68, on the other hand - that would be!

[Octavius]

Could alphamegamia or chronophilia also be used?

[Count_Emmup]

Or 'gold-digger!'.

[joko]

codge ophile

[jno]

wikipedia suggests it does mean fancying the elderly, not just someone older:

Gerontophilia refers to sexual attraction to the elderly among the non-elderly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerontophilia

[sp1814]

All

Thank you very much. I think the word 'Gerontophile' will suffice (a friend has fallen for another friend's grandmother, which is what prompted the question in the first place).

Cheers!

[-=BigD=-]

o_0

[Quizmonster]

The word 'grandmother' always conjures up an image of a little grey-haired old lady, huddled in a fireside chair with her knitting. But grandmothers nowadays may well be in their mid-thirties and stunningly attractive. So, which sort is the granny your friend has fallen for, Sp? If the former, then 'gerontophile' is indeed the word...if the latter, certainly not!

[jno]

Quizmonster, that works if sp1814's friends are babies...

[Quizmonster]

I don't get your point, J. In my local, there is a very attractive 40 year-old barmaid and lots of the regulars in their twenties...sixties, too, for that matter!.. fancy her. They're not babies and - were they to declare their interest - they wouldn't be gerontophiles either. Of course, if she fell for one of the OAPs, she'd be a gerontophile!

[Octavius]

Jason from Little Britain was a gerontophile.

The youngest grandmother was a woman called Mum-Zi, of Nigeria. She became a mother at age 8 and her daughter also delivered a child at age 8, making Mum-Zi a grandmother at age 16.

No doubt somewhere in Croydon this record is about to broken.

[sp1814]

I shall pass no judgement, but the friend in quesiton is 22 and his ermmm...new partner is 64.

Yesterday at about 2.30pm, you may have heard a load crash coming from central London.

Yes, that was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor.

[sp1814]

Octavius

Oh thanks...your answer made me laugh so much that I now have to extricate bits of biscuit (Ginger Nuts) and coffee from my keyboard/screen.

[jno]

Quizmonster, I merely meant that sp1814's friend has fallen for another friend's granny. If the latter is in her mid-30s, then sp1814's friends must be... youngish.

[Quizmonster]

Quite, J...'youngish', but for a granny of 36, a 'youngish' lover might mean an adult of 18, 19, 20 etc. Hardly 'babies', but what the hey!

[jno]

Remember, QM, sp's friend is the woman's grandson, so if she's 36 the friend is indeed in nappies... fortunately sp1814 has made all clear...

[angeldraws]

'Grave-robber' springs to mind!!!!!