twink death

English

twink death (countable and uncountable, plural twink deaths)

(Internet slang) The loss of a twink's youthful appearance or androgyny as a result of aging.
(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.