Twinkie
A yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly…A yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf life.
Meaning
2 sensesA yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf life.
(derogatory, ethnic, slur)Synonym of banana: A person of East Asian descent considered to have overly assimilated and to be subservient to white authority, an East Asian race traitor.
- a small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling
Origin
The brand name is said to be a diminutive, twinkle + -ie (or otherwise modified), based onThe brand name is said to be a diminutive, twinkle + -ie (or otherwise modified), based on a billboard for "Twinkle Toe Shoes" in St. Louis, although there are also claims for solely one or the other. The meaning in reference to well-assimilated Asians is derived from the slur that they are "yellow on the outside, white on the inside".
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