Twinkie

A Twinkie is a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling" created by Hostess, and baked by Continental Baking Co., which is owned by Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation.

Twinkies in popular culture

The Minnesota Twins are nicknamed the "Twinkies" by fans, a joking reference to the team's tradition of ineptitude dating back to their days as the Washington Senators.

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Minnesota Twins - Nickname

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The twinkie defense is a derogatory term for a criminal defendant's claim that some unusual factor (such as allergies, coffee, nicotine, or sugar) entered into the causes or motives of the alleged crime. (Compare Chewbacca Defense.)

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Twinkie defense - Defendant - Allergies - Coffee - Nicotine - Sugar - Chewbacca Defense

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Twinkies are featured in the Family Guy episode where Y2K occurs and Peter and his community have to find a Twinkie factory in Natick, Massachusetts in order to survive - a joke that Twinkies can even survive nuclear radiation. This factory did exist in real life, but has since closed. The only remaining Twinkie factory is in Chicago.

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Family Guy - Y2K - Natick, Massachusetts

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In the movie UHF, George eats a Twinkie-Weiner Sandwich, which was made by these directions: Slit open a Twinkie, insert a cooked hot dog, top with Cheez Whiz.

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UHF - Twinkie-Weiner Sandwich

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Famous online comedian Seanbaby and fulltime video game reviewer for Electronic Gaming Monthly, made a full list of articles in his official website ridiculing the established comic book character (like Batman or Spiderman) advertising twinkies and Hostess Fruitpies from the early 1970s and 1980s.

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Seanbaby - Electronic Gaming Monthly - Batman - Spiderman - Hostess Fruitpies

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Blue Man Group's theatrical show includes a skit called the Twinkie Feast, in which the three Blue Men invite a woman from the audience to feast on Twinkies. Hilarity ensues.

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Blue Man Group - Skit

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Slang use

Twinkie, in some communities, is commonly used as slang. For the most common use, as gay slang, see Twinkie (gay slang).

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Gay slang - Twinkie (gay slang)

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Far less commonly, the term "twinkie" might be used disparagingly for an Asian-American who emulates Caucasians (yellow on the outside and white on the inside), similar to the term "oreo" for African Americans...crazy niggers.

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Asian-American - Caucasian - Oreo - African American

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TV journalist Linda Ellerbee, in the opening paragraphs of her autobiography And So It Goes, defines a twinkie as the kind of blow-dried TV news reporter who doesn't fully understand the news he or she is reporting--citing herself as an example.

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Linda Ellerbee - And So It Goes

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