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Hostess Twinkie

English translation: You're an idiot.

03:23 May 31, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: Hostess Twinkie
JESSE
Joey, I've got to talk to you.

JOEY
Babe, not now, I'm working the room. I'm the hostess with the mostess.

JESSE
No, you're a Hostess Twinkie.

I know what Twinkies are and I get "the host with the most" but what's really so funny about Jesse's reply?

Thanks!
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 17:43
Selected answer:You're an idiot.
Explanation:
Joey is brimming with confidence in anticipation of "working the room" and (he hopes) being popular with the ladies.

Jesse deflates his confidence by calling him a twinkie (play on words with "hostess" - Hostess is the company that created Twinkies), a fluffy brainless idiot....
Selected response from:

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 01:43
Grading comment
Actually, Joey is acting like a real woman there (before this piece of text). So he's just satisfied with playing an important part in the party (others were doing other stuff like getting presents, etc).

But that doesn't really matter. Thanks for the insight!
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3 +5You're an idiot.
KathyT


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
You're an idiot.


Explanation:
Joey is brimming with confidence in anticipation of "working the room" and (he hopes) being popular with the ladies.

Jesse deflates his confidence by calling him a twinkie (play on words with "hostess" - Hostess is the company that created Twinkies), a fluffy brainless idiot....


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostess_Twinkie
KathyT
Australia
Local time: 01:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Actually, Joey is acting like a real woman there (before this piece of text). So he's just satisfied with playing an important part in the party (others were doing other stuff like getting presents, etc).

But that doesn't really matter. Thanks for the insight!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kurt Porter: Nice!
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Kurt.
agree  Anne Goff: excellent explanation!
26 mins
  -> Thanks, Anne.
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Vicky.
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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agree  Sophia Finos (X)
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