Controversyĭue to its suspected origins, the term has been accused of being ageist and racist. While the exact origins of the colors are unknown, the pink stripe is commonly seen as a celebration of the effeminate nature of many twinks. Oxford Dictionaries claims twink originates from the 1950s and is related to the word twinkle. Wiktionary lists this as the official etymology. Cream is a well-known food-related euphemistic terms for semen. The food is described as ' little nutritional value, sweet to the taste, and creme-filled' by comparison, the young men are described as ' short, and blond, and full of creme'. Īnother possible origin of the term may be derived from Twinkie, an American snake cake. This would date the term back to the 1920-30s. One possibility is that the term originates from twank, an older British gay slang term which means ' the quarry of a homosexual prostitute (male) a man willing and ready to become any dominant man's 'partner''.
The origins of the term twink are disputed.
