twink death

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twink death (countable and uncountable, plural twink deaths)

  1. (Internet slang) The loss of a twink's youthful appearance or androgyny as a result of aging.
  2. (by extension, Internet slang) The loss of a man's physical attractiveness as a result of aging.
    • 2023 May 2, Adam White, “I’ve been thinking about dying from the age of 12”, in The Independent, London, page 28:
      There was a point in time in which an archetypal Russell Tovey character would mean handsome Jack-the-lads, or cocky heterosexuals on the right side of loutish. [] But then, faster you could say “twink death”, Tovey bulked up, began to seek greater complexity in his work, and started playing gay.
    • 2023 November 3, “The age-old question of separating art from the DiCaprio”, in Daily Illini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
      DiCaprio is notorious for his questionable dating habits, which apparently involve a hard cut-off at age 25. The pattern is the subject of analysis through such sophisticated lenses as the sociological causes for age gaps and the male attempt to escape so-called “twink death.”
    • 2024 April 17, Meylina Tran, “Mey & Em’s Post Oscars Breakdown”, in Quaker Campus, Whittier College, Whittier, California:
      M: Imagine Al Pacino and Zendaya on the same level of stardom that they could just present alone. Insane. — Al Pacino.
      E: He looks really bad.
      M: Number one example of twink death.
      E: No, no! I don’t want to talk about it.

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