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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").
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As proof of harmony between the pair, Twink left in a joke about "zip up yer mickey" - a notorious voicemail on Agnew's phone left by Twink after he fathered a child with fellow RTE Concert Orchestra member Ruth Hickey following the breakdown of their marriage - in Twinking Through The Years, a TV special due to air on RTE next week.
The 68-year-old famously left a voicemail on Twink's phone after he fathered a child with fellow RTE Concert Orchestra member Ruth Hickey after the breakdown of their 21-year marriage.
Another friend said: "Alice O'Sullivan, his producer at RTE, was the last person to speak to Gerry." On the Late Late Show, Twink - who is promoting her autobiography - had claimed two members of the gardai told her Gerry's last call was to her.
A friend added: "If Twink was the last person to speak to Gerry she would have been asked to give evidence at his inquest.
Twink, who was diagnosed in 1997, is famous for taking pictures of pop star Paul Weller in the late 1970s.
It was great to see Twink, the most over-rated 'celebrity' in Irish showbiz, get the boot first.
TWINK has told of her devastation after her house was burgled and revealed: "Absolutely everything I own and love and worked f***g hard for Gone."
But he plans to move home in the next two years - and bring Twink with him.
The big-hearted contestants include panto queen Twink, RTE presenters Mary Kingston and Paddy O'Gorman, and Fair City teen idol George McMahon, better known as Mondo.
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