Twink

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twink \Twink\ (tw[i^][ng]k), v. i. [OE. twinken. See {Twinkle}.]
     To twinkle. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Twink \Twink\ (tw[i^][ng]k), n.
     1. A wink; a twinkling. [Obs.]
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     2. (Zool.) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  twink /twink/ n. 1. [Berkeley] A clue-repellant user; the next step
     beyond a clueless one. 2. [UCSC] A {read-only user}. Also reported on
     the Usenet group soc.motss; may derive from gay slang for a cute young
     thing with nothing upstairs (compare mainstream `chick'). 3. On MU*
     systems that specialize in role-playing, refers to behavior of a
     (usually inexperienced) player that either ignores rules or social
     convention, or disrupts the natural flow of a scene to show of super
     powers.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  twink
       
          /twink/ [UCSC] Equivalent to {read-only user}.  Also reported
          on the {Usenet} group soc.motss; may derive from gay slang for
          a cute young thing with nothing upstairs (compare mainstream
          "chick").