Mrs. Robinson
Formal married title
Mrs.
Robinson is a stock figure for an older woman who seduces a younger man, from the character in the 1967 film *The Graduate* who has an affair with a recent college graduate.
The name functions as shorthand for this dynamic: He joked that his friend's mom was giving him Mrs. Robinson vibes.
The 1968 Simon & Garfunkel song reinforced the cultural reference.
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- American cinemaUS film industry
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- The GraduateOne who earned credentials
- cougarLarge American wildcat
Anne Bancroft · Passion · mid-life crisis · film · temptation · forbidden fruit · affair · hotel room · swimming pool · America · character · transgression · mistress · Femme fatale · Enigma · Dustin Hoffman · plastics · novel
- Simon & GarfunkelScarborough Fair, The Boxer, Cecilia, Homeward Bound, America
Mrs. RobinsonMiss
Unmarried female's honorific
Ms. · maiden · unmarried woman · single woman · spinster
Mrs. Robinsoningenue
Artless young woman
girl next door · blushing bride · debutante · good girl · romantic heroine