English

Noun

Twinkie ‎(plural Twinkies)

1. (countable) A yellow cake with a white, creamy filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf life.
2. (countable, US, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) An Asian person who dresses, acts and speaks according to Caucasian stereotypes rather than Asian ones (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside; compare Oreo ‎(“Black person who acts white”)).

Synonyms

• (acting white): banana, jook-sing

Coordinate terms

• (acting white): coconut, Oreo

Derived terms

• twinkie
• twink

See also

• Wikipedia article on Twinkies

References

• In the film Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Harold says that his Korean friend would call him a twinkie – “Yellow on the outside, white on the inside”.

English

Noun

twinkie ‎(plural twinkies)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Twinkie
2. A generic version of the snack food
3. An actor or actress who is considered to be no more than eye candy
   • 2009, January 13, “Rob Salem”, in Pressure of Grey Gardens Gives Barrymore the Jitters:

     Indeed, this unexpected emergent talent could propel Barrymore to an acting orbit adjacent to that of her Gardens co-star, Jessica Lange – who, let's remember, started out herself as a big-screen twinkie, in the 1976 King Kong, as the big ape's unwilling object of affection.

Derived terms

• twink