Meaning of twink | Babel Free
twɪŋkDefinitions
- The chaffinch.
- A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.
- Synonym of correction fluid.
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Correction fluid or correction tape. New-Zealand, uncountable
- One or more very small, short bursts of light.
- A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
- A very short moment of time.
- A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) which is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player.
- A player in a multi-user dungeon (MUD) who engages in abusive min-maxing behaviour and exploits or took advantage of other players for personal gain.
Examples
“1921, Almira Bailey, “The Bay on Sunday Morning” in Vignettes of San Francisco, San Francisco: The San Francisco Journal, p. 18, […] chug of the fishermen’s boats, twink of lights in the harbor at night […]”
“But even as he went, the smile⟳ began to come⟳ on his face⟳, caught by the tail of the sturdy sister’s black eye, with its everlasting twink.”
“[…] in a twink she won me to her love⟳.”
“I’d have⟳ known all about it in half a twink.”
“[…] and once again, in the twink of nothing, I was in another big high cab, all set⟳ to go hundreds of miles across the night, and was I happy!”
““Where are the twinks anyway? They usually have⟳ the decency to provide⟳ one or two decorative twinks… Jesus, who needs to waste⟳ a night staring at these tired old Gucci queens.””
“[…]the narrow gay ideal of a slim or waiflike male body, as displayed by the young "twink".”
““I thought testosterone would turn⟳ me into a man, but it turned me into a twink,” Tom, who is nonbinary, revealed to a cackling West Village audience last⟳ week at the Greenwich House Theater in Manhattan.”
“Bind-on-account was an innovation that allowed players to transfer⟳ goods to their own⟳ twinks, but not to those of other players.”
“Characters who were obvious twinks, possessing equipment well beyond their means, were subject to public criticism.”
“I certainly don't consider⟳ myself a twink; however it seems that anyone who doesn't agree⟳ with another's point⟳ of view⟳ is automatically labelled as such.”
“You will not find⟳ any stock⟳. You will not find⟳ any easy mobs. You will not find⟳ any +100 dam 'big swords of I win⟳'. You will not find⟳ twink mudders. You will not hear⟳ about how Jim the Kewl dOOd scored last⟳ night at his sister's birthday party. You will not find⟳ bots.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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