twinky

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English

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Etymology

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From twink +‎ -y.

Adjective

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twinky (comparative twinkier, superlative twinkiest)

  1. (gay slang) Being or resembling a twink (young, attractive, slim male).
    • 2010, Kyell Gold, Out of Position, Kyell Gold, →ISBN, page 36:
      Daniel is the sole sophomore, a twinky raccoon who obsesses about his weight. Jake, the cougar who's his current fling, is a senior like me, though he didn't join FLAG until our sophomore year.
    • 2013, Lawrence Ferber, Bearcity: The Novel, Lethe Press, →ISBN, page 4:
      Tyler sprung awake to see Simon Fujisawa, his roommate, one of the twinkiest twenty-one-year-old “twinks” in existence, standing in his bedroom doorway Slim, toned, hairless, half-Japanese and half-Portuguese, with jet-black hair styled ...
    • 2021, Fearne Hill, To Hold a Hidden Pearl, NineStar Press, →ISBN:
      But he doesn't care or notice because he's caught the eye of a twinky, dark-haired young waiter, who's only too happy to talk him through the wine list.