What is your definition of a twink?

[Manforallseasons]

Young looking? Skinny? Slightly feminine? Definatley gay? Can be straight?

[arsenal]

All of the above except straight.

[fountainhall]

Young, slim (definitely not skinny and not feminine), hopefully gay, slightly flirtatious and preferably with a great smile!

[Smiles]

Under 20, doesn't need to be skinny, and doesn't bring homework home.
If you're thinking ~ let's say ~ 13 as being 'low-twink'. Well then, as long as labels are being bandied around, he's still a twink but you're a pedophile.

[fountainhall]

Love a couple of derivations on wikipedia -


The term twink has been recorded in use since 1963, and may be derived from an older British gay slang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_slang) term twank,[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twink_(gay_slang)#cite_note-ED-3) meaning "The quarry of a homosexual prostitute (male); a man willing and ready to become any dominant man's 'partner'.

The Oxford Dictionary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Dictionary) says the word twink means "a homosexual (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual) or effeminate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effeminate), or a young man regarded as an object of homosexual desire," and that the word has origins in the 1970s.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twink_(gay_slang)#cite_note-5) The term is derived from the snack cake Twinkie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie), commonly regarded as the quintessential junk food (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_food): "little nutritional (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition) value, sweet to the taste and creme-filled."
And here was me thinking it had something to do with a twinkle in one's eye!

[Smiles]

For instance: This dude is decidedly NOT a twink.
'Real' twinks do not use white paint.

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[arsenal]

No he isn't. But he is my type. Quite quite gorgeous. Any more information on when and where this picture was taken would be appreciated.

[Manforallseasons]

Decidedly not.......but exactly my cup of tea!

[arsenal]

A quick audit of my offs over the last few years reveals quite a few in that class. Yummy.

[Blueskytoday]

Nice but needs to cut the extra skin off of it...

[AsDaRa]

Young (below 25 on average) and slim. A bit feminine makes him extra horny for me. But not too feminine. If it tends towards a lady boy in behavior it is a no go for me.

(or skinny; as a non English speaker for me 'slim' and 'skinny' are the same in meaning; but maybe there is a subtle difference?).

[lukylok]

Nice but needs to cut the extra skin off of it...

You can't be serious ! There are already too many sexually mutilated boys.
When it's done to a girl, it's a crime.
It should be the same for boys.

[fountainhall]

Smiles pic was one of a series on a number of tumblr sites. I think he may be South American. I wonder what the occasion was. Here's a photo of him in the full make-up -

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And some thoughts on my idea of twinks -

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And I think the best ones are in these older pics -

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Just a couple of notes. There is a short explicit video featuring the guys in the penultimate pic. And the last photo originally appeared in a magazine - I think titled M. The credit on the photo is not strictly accurate unless that site bought the right to the pics. If so, then it has still appeared on lots of tumblr sites.

[gerefan2]

All together now..."We three twinks of Orient are...etc"

[Manforallseasons]

The last photo of the three boys shows how wide someone's spectrum can be as to what a twink is.?...the one in the middle from my viewpoint is the only one that is slightly fem while the other two are just handsome guys.

[Manforallseasons]

Nice but needs to cut the extra skin off of it...

Just noticed this post.....Lol, much more apparent in his second photo posted by fountainhall.

[Up2U]

Young looking? Skinny? Slightly feminine? Definatley gay? Can be straight?
Not to be confused with the "boy next door" look. Yes, skinny, definitely gay (not necessarily a bottom), often a blond (or dyed blond), knows all the latest fashions, music and dances. Take a twink shopping and he'll know more about colognes, perfumes, cosmetics than most women. Term often misused, some think any young slim gay man is a twink.

[Up2U]

The last photo of the three boys shows how wide someone's spectrum can be as to what a twink is.?...the one in the middle from my viewpoint is the only one that is slightly fem while the other two are just handsome guys.

I agree, only pic 2 and 3, make it for me.

[francois]

Under 20, doesn't need to be skinny, and doesn't bring homework home.
If you're thinking ~ let's say ~ 13 as being 'low-twink'. Well then, as long as labels are being bandied around, he's still a twink but you're a pedophile.

Not quite Smiles, the word is hebephile.

[fountainhall]

I had never before realised that there has to be a degree of feminism in a twink. I just asked around some friends and we all assumed the term referred generally o most young guys with nice bodies and cute faces.

[Oliver]

Hebephile? surely you mean "ephebophile".
The ancient Greeks "took care" of young men (adolescents below about twenty) until their beards grew and they were considered mature. This was invariably sexual but rarely involved penetrative sex..
"Ephoebe" is the Ancient Greek for a young man of that age..

[sglad]

The easiest definition I can think of is that if Bel Ami is a hunk, than Helix is a twink. :D

[frequent]

Hebephile? surely you mean "ephebophile"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebephilia

[Smiles]

I had no idea there are so many philias. I just assumed that they were flowers.
A sentimental education indeed.

[goji]

I had never before realised that there has to be a degree of feminism in a twink. I just asked around some friends and we all assumed the term referred generally o most young guys with nice bodies and cute faces.

I don't believe feminism has anything to do with it at all. Smooth, slim & not too old fits the bill. In Asia, I know of people up to at least 30 who I would class as twinks, although the percentage is thinning down by that age.

[Up2U]

I don't believe feminism has anything to do with it at all. Smooth, slim & not too old fits the bill. In Asia, I know of people up to at least 30 who I would class as twinks, although the percentage is thinning down by that age.

Wrong. You have sort of described the boy-next-door type.

[fountainhall]

Wrong. You have sort of described the boy-next-door type.
Your idea of twink as having feminine characteristics is not universally acknowledged. homorazzi.com's Beginner's Guide to Gay Labels does not agree -


Twinks are generally quite young (18 to mid-20’s), skinny, have essentially no body hair and may frequently be found applying foundation or fake tanning lotion. Generally, they act as though the entire world revolves around the fact that they are young and gay.
InternetSlang.com says -


The definition of TWINK is "Boyish gay man"
Even wikipedia's Gay Slang definition is -


Twink is a gay slang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_slang) term used to describe young men in their late teens to early twenties. Usage of the term varies, but traits attributed to twinks can include attractiveness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_attraction), having little or no body or facial hair, a slim to average build, or appearing to be younger than their chronological age.

[goji]

Wrong. You have sort of described the boy-next-door type.
No, I am right. The boy next door type is less cute, less slim & very ordinary in comparison with a twink. Kind of like a twink who has let himself go.

[Up2U]

No, I am right. The boy next door type is less cute, less slim & very ordinary in comparison with a twink. Kind of like a twink who has let himself go.
Would you say these are twinks?

[arsenal]

The fact that the word 'twink' means different things to different people proves it has no real meaning at all.

[latintopxxx]

bit like porn...i'll know it when i see it...

[fountainhall]

bit like porn...i'll know it when i see it...
Same way you find your money buys, eh Latin? Just "its" to be pummelled any which way - not human beings.

[goji]

Would you say these are twinks?
Probably yes for the one on the left. Maybe not for the one on the right.


The following one is what I consider to be a fine example of a twink. Slim, smooth & not wasting his time body building.
He just happens to have long hair, but would equally well fit my image of a twink if it were cut short.

[latintopxxx]

fountain baby...obviously having a bad day...when was the last time u got pummelled??....fantasies...

[francois]

A twink same as a female bimbo, or rather, a himbo.

[latintopxxx]

oh honestly between this topic and a447's tales....this site is turning into a soft porn site

[Up2U]

Probably yes for the one on the left. Maybe not for the one on the right.

Straight boys don't qualify, working in a gay bar, so what?.... as there are a lot of straight boys working in gay bars.

[arsenal]

If you're straight you're simply not a twink and simply being gay doesn't make you one either.

[latintopxxx]

dont u just love it when people lay down the law...straight so cannot be a twink...gay so cannot have equal marriage rights...

[goji]

Can anyone figure out why I am quoted in post #37, but then the reply within post #37 has absolutely nothing to do with my comment ?

[Up2U]

Can anyone figure out why I am quoted in post #37, but then the reply within post #37 has absolutely nothing to do with my comment ?

The pic I posted were straight boys working in a gay bar, and they are not twinks.

[Moses]

As per my "tastes" here is twink


https://youtu.be/LaLOSV1xYb4

[goji]

The pic I posted were straight boys working in a gay bar, and they are not twinks.

Right, now I understand.
Returning to the original question, if they look like twinks and are straight but willing to indulge in gay sex, they easily meet my personal definition of a twink. Whether correct or not.

[Old git]

My general understanding of the term is of a boy who is old enough to have sex, but too young to shave, is slim and cute but not overtly fem.

I recall it being said that twinks were by definition natural blondes, and that Thais could therefore not be twinks - but I don't buy into that.

Perhaps a simpler definition would be to say that when you see a slim young guy and your first thought is 'God, I'd love to snog that' - you're looking at a twink..

[loke]

A twink for me is an Asian under 25 , slim and a bit on the fem side,

A farang twink must be under 20 to be considered twink in my books.