twinky

twinky
n
American
1a.
a male homosexual or effete, fey or eccentric man
1b.
a cute, attractive person Both senses of the words derive from the trademark snack food Twinkies, a sort of cupcake. The word has echoes of 'twinkle-toes', 'twinkling' and 'Tinkerbelle'. Twink is sometimes used as a (usually male) nick-name in Britain for someone with sparkle or vim.
2.
a $20 bill. An item of black street-talk which was included in so-called Ebonics,
recognised as a legitimate language vari-ety by school officials in Oakland, Califor-nia, in late 1996.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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