Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Is Twincker a weird word?
Hi, I'm not a native speaker, I am from Holland/Amsterdam i've been thinking about using the name Twincker as the name for my new blog I personally think it has a nice ring to it but i have no idea if it sounds weird in any way or form for a native speaker,... Maybe the sound of the word has associations with a word that i have no idea about and isnt a "good" association to my blog
Could someone who is a native speaker help me out?
I'd appreciate it, thanks
Higgins
Could someone who is a native speaker help me out?
I'd appreciate it, thanks
Higgins
Top answer
Twincker is unusual in English. I've never seen it before in my entire life. The combination of letters "nck" is especially unusual, from an English point of view.
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Twincker is unusual in English. I've never seen it before in my entire life. The combination of letters "nck" is especially unusual, from an English point of view.
Twinker is more familiar to an English speaker, with an implied meaning of something that twinks (actually, twinkles), like a star or an eye. However, the word Twinker can have negative connotations in English, such as: fr
Twinker is more familiar to an English speaker, with an implied meaning of something that twinks (actually, twinkles), like a star or an eye. However, the word Twinker can have negative connotations in English, such as: fr
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A "Twinkie" is a little cream-filled cake with a lot of artificial ingredients to maximize shelf-life, so the association is partly something overly sweet or insignificant or unhealthy.
"Twinkle" is what the stars do at night. You can get Christmas lights that imitate the same effect.
At first I thought you intended "Twinkler".
Though "Twincker" is an unusual spelling f
"Twinkle" is what the stars do at night. You can get Christmas lights that imitate the same effect.
At first I thought you intended "Twinkler".
Though "Twincker" is an unusual spelling f
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I associate it with Twinkie, a very sweet pastry with a creme filling.
http://hostesscakes.com/Products
http://hostesscakes.com/Products
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Hi
A brief trawl on the internet suggests to me that a twinker is a gay man who cruises for Teenage Whites Into No Kinks. You might want to give it a second thought - or not
Dave
A brief trawl on the internet suggests to me that a twinker is a gay man who cruises for Teenage Whites Into No Kinks. You might want to give it a second thought - or not
Dave
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dave_anonwho cruises for Teenage Whites Into No KinksDoes that even have a meaning?
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Hi
I think it's perfectly understandable, though not easy to say politely on a website that I respect
The gentleman wishes to meet others, under the age of twenty, who are Caucasian and not interested in the more unusual ways of expressing physical intimacy
Dave :-)
I think it's perfectly understandable, though not easy to say politely on a website that I respect
The gentleman wishes to meet others, under the age of twenty, who are Caucasian and not interested in the more unusual ways of expressing physical intimacy
Dave :-)
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dave_anonI think it's perfectly understandable,I t wasn't to me, but I have led a very sheltered life.
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Hi
Me too, I'm just interested in how the words work. 'Kinky' seems to go back to the US 1920s when a kinky car was one that had been stolen. It's only in the late 1950s, US and UK, that it takes on a sexual meaning
Dave
Me too, I'm just interested in how the words work. 'Kinky' seems to go back to the US 1920s when a kinky car was one that had been stolen. It's only in the late 1950s, US and UK, that it takes on a sexual meaning
Dave
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Thank you all for your help, I came up with the name through an online brandname generator so i know it is not an excisting word. i am looking for a short and sweet brandable name and to me it sounded ok but if it has assiciations with gay men its definitrly not a good name for my blog since the blog will be an online magazine for men,... not gay men.
I have a few other words im cons
I have a few other words im cons
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