Norwich City football club’s wholesome Pride Month message has gay Twitter in stitches

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A new homophobic slur has apparently dropped – “twink”.

British football team Norwich City FC tweeted on Wednesday (8 June) a graphic listing dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ insults and remarks, ranging from “d*ke” and “tr*?ny” to “you kick like a girl” and “no homo”.

“This language is not OK and never will be,” the club tweeted.

But tucked away in the “Pride wall” was the word “Tw?!k”. Twitter users were stumped, to say the least, about what the phrase could be – and many assumed it was meant to say twink.

“Twink”, named after the cream-filled American snack Twinkie, is slang for young, hairless, petite men. Dictionary-definition Hollywood twinks include Timothée Chalamet and Troye Sivan.

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There are many types of twinks, from the hunky muscle “twunk” to a “femme twink”, a thin man whose mannerisms don’t exclusively fit into traditional masculinity.

The fact that a phrase so heavily used in queer culture was listed as a taunt among “f!gg?t” and “b#tty b*y” had queer folk cackling and taken aback that the football club actually tweeted it in the first place.

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— Vincent ᴠᴀɴ ɢᴏ ᴏғғ, sɪs! (@hyperflesh) June 8, 2022

Losing my mind, why is Twink listed as a slur, multiple times https://t.co/xLWfF9N8Im

— Nikolaj