twink death

Noun

twink death (countable and uncountable, plural twink deaths)

1. (slang) The loss of a twink's neoteny or androgyny as a result of aging.
2. (Internet, broadly) The loss of any man's physical attractiveness as a result of aging, regardless of his sexual orientation.
   • There was a point in time in which an archetypal Russell Tovey character would mean handsome Jack-the-lads, or cocky heterosexuals on the right side of loutish. […] But then, faster you could say “twink death”, Tovey bulked up, began to seek greater complexity in his work, and started playing gay.2023 May 2, Adam White, “I’ve been thinking about dying from the age of 12”, in The Independent, London, page 28
   • DiCaprio is notorious for his questionable dating habits, which apparently involve a hard cut-off at age 25. The pattern is the subject of analysis through such sophisticated lenses as the sociological causes for age gaps and the male attempt to escape so-called “twink death.”2023 November 3, “The age-old question of separating art from the DiCaprio”, in Daily Illini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign