What does the term Twinkie mean when you call someone a Twinkie?

Answer 1

The term "twinkie" might be used as a metaphor for an Asian-American who emulates Caucasians (yellow on the outside and white on the inside), similar to the term "oreo" for African Americans. In the movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, the main character, Harold, is labelled a Twinkie by his Asian-American peers due to his lack of connection with his Korean origins, his Protestant faith (though Protestant Christianity is widespread in Korea), and his political support for the Republican Party. An alternate synonym for the use is "Banana". It is also pejoratively applied to those biracial people who are half-Asian and half-White.

In some Native American circles a "twinkie" is a person who believes in sickeningly sweet and artificial version of American Indian religion(s) or claiming to be Native American for fraudulent purposes [2].

TV journalist Linda Ellerbee, in the opening paragraphs of her autobiography And So It Goes, defines a "twinkie" as the kind of blow-dried TV news reporter who doesn't fully understand the news he or she is reporting--citing herself as an example.

A "twinkie" or simply "twink" in gamer slang is a somewhat derogatory term for a young gamer who doesn't fully understand the hobby, or a more experienced gamer whose apparent lack of understanding is presumed to be willful. "Twinking" is a term used in many role-playing games referring to the player's use of the rules to create the most effective character possible through in-game rules, (similar to min-maxing), especially when skills or abilities selected contradict the character's personality, if it is such a game where depth of character is an issue. When applied to inexperienced gamers it is less pejorative than munchkin (role-playing games), but can be very insulting when directed at experienced gamers, who ought to know how to avoid newbie pitfalls. Another, equal known use of the term describes a high-level character in an RPG (typically an MMORPG) who has a low-level, alternate character equipped exclusively from the high-level character's cash and/or equipment reserves.

A "twinkie" is also used in Western Canadian street youth communities to describe a member of an affluent or otherwise stable home environment yet chooses to live the street kid lifestyle without necessity.

Answer 2

In jurisprudence, a "Twinkie defense" is a criminal defendant's claim that some unusual factor entered into the causes or motives of the alleged crime. This biological defense is a so-called "innovative defense", through which defendants argue that they either should not be held criminally liable for actions which broke the law, or that the criminal liability should be mitigated to a lesser offense (e.g., from murder down to voluntary manslaughter), as they were suffering from the effects of allergies, stimulants (such as coffee and nicotine), sugar, and/or vitamins.
The case which gave rise to the term did not actually contain any defense meeting this description, but was widely misdescribed as doing so. Today, "Twinkie defense" is a derogatory label implying that a criminal defense is artificial or absurd.

Answer 3

it can mean a couple of things. it can mean someone is soft or fat (the consistency of a twinkie), it is a term used on some asian people (yes, i saw harold and kumar go to white castle... harold didn't want to be accused of being a twinkie. yellow on the outside, white on the inside).

i have heard that In some native americans call people who say they are native american for fraudulent reasons a "twinkie".

it's also a word to describe a newbie to gaming.

Answer 4

I always thought it meant that they were dressed up just exactly like someone else that day...

look, we are twinkies....

Answer 5

well in my day-it meant the same as calling someone a"twinkle-toes" or a"twinky" for short, you know light on your feet as in gay. (hey that was 30+ years ago!)

Answer 6

means they are chubby