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Twink?
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twink twink noun Slang A young, attractive, usually slender or physically fit gay male. Origin of twink Short for twinkie gay male perhaps after Twinkie trademark for a small oblong sponge cake with a creamy filling [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] always wondered how it all started to call over geared everquest alts "twinks" | ||
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Twink (in the gaming sense), goes way back, before even MMOGs. I found this on another forum and I think it might be right:
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Further etymology (I love the Internet):
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And then of course Wikipedia has a say too:
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Thought this was amusing so I made a page in our wiki for it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] http://wiki.project1999.com/Twink
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Was twink used in UO? I love that Everquest is basically a 3d MUD. MMO devs need to return to the basics.
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I thought it came from 'twinkle' because of their sparkly shiny expensive equipment!
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People that don't know this probably don't even know how to spawn pyzjn.
Casuals.
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I am pretty accepting of twinks. Bears, not so much cause shaman is OP
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