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"Scot Kamins" wrote in message ... In article , "Don Phillipson" wrote: "RF" wrote in message oups.com... Twink (gay slang), a young or young-looking male homosexual. Are you quite sure? J.R. Ackerley seems to suggest this was the word for a respectable man of means who liked to pick up guardsmen in Hyde Park. As a (certainly not young) gay man, I can verify Bob's assertion. A twink is a very young gay man, usually 18 - 25 or thereabouts. There's often a somewhat negative connotation associated with its use (ie, stupid & flightly). -- Scot Kamins Yup....and it's been around for years. I'm thinking I first read it in Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid, but don't want to plow through that read again. Kris straight femme |
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Can't you
Americans stop interfering with the language in this thoughtless manner? I'm American and never even heard of that word before. But it does sound like a word that some British sissy would invent. |
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On Sep 23, 12:24 pm, Scot Kamins wrote:
In article , "Don Phillipson" wrote: "RF" wrote in message roups.com... Twink (gay slang), a young or young-looking male homosexual. Are you quite sure? J.R. Ackerley seems to suggest this was the word for a respectable man of means who liked to pick up guardsmen in Hyde Park. As a (certainly not young) gay man, I can verify Bob's assertion. A twink is a very young gay man, usually 18 - 25 or thereabouts. There's often a somewhat negative connotation associated with its use (ie, stupid & flightly). Scot, I copied the definition from Wikipedia. I've heard the term used for at least 20 years (usually pejoratively) though I have no idea how long it's been in use. |
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