Hostess Twinkies
Few foods have become so intertwined with society as Hostess Twinkies. When Jim Dewar first invented the Twinkie in 1930, it was filled with banana cream, not vanilla cream. Now you can buy both, but the vanilla creme filled cake is the most popular. And yes, it is a cake, despite all those rumors. But today, the term "Twinkies" can refer to so much more.
Asians now call other Asians 'Twinkies" if they are yellow on the outside and white on the inside. Gay men refer to "Twinkies" to describe slender young men with no body hair. In criminal law, a "Twinkie Defense" is a spurious claim that some unrelated factor excuses the defendant's behavior. And of course, broadcasters often refer to the Minnesota Twins as the "Twinkies".
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