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[โ€“] TheDeepState@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is a femboy the same as a twink?

[โ€“] stoneparchment@possumpat.io 8 points 10 months ago

no, but they are often conflated

femboy = a feminine boy, sometimes like the opposite to tomboy-- a gender presentation and/or aesthetic sense or style choice

twink = an effeminate, small person, almost always referring to a man-- a description of body type and/or sexual dynamic

these are not exhaustive definitions and are kind of reductive, actually... but as a quick casual explanation I think they mostly stand