Thursday, July 23, 2009

What is a FobbyTwinkie?



My short foray into microblogging (read twĭt'ər) has awakened the monster that is presented before you. But before I go any further, a short introduction.

What is a FobbyTwinkie?

There can be two interpretations of the term FobbyTwinkie
  1. The Asian who lies in between two cultural extremes.
  • FobbyTwinkie is an oxymoron of two distinct descriptors for an Asian. Fob (fresh of the boat, or as I like to joke: fresh off the 비행기) is a reference to the Asian who is more in tune to their motherland. The latter, describes a whitewashed Asian. Thus, Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.

or

2. The Asian equivalent of "One of America's best known and most loved snack cakes"

  • This, in my opinion, is the beloved Korean snack Choco-pie.
  • To note: I do not think this snack name used as an ethnic descriptor similar to the twinkie will catch on.
In this light, the term FobbyTwinkie may be the best way to decribe who I am. A rare breed of Korean American male who has never lived outside of Korea until College... and yet is not a slave to the current trend of Male Effeminancy sweeping the penninsula.

Thus I figured there might be some people out there who wondered if there was method to the madness that is me. Or it really could be that I'm bored. But in either case, issues will be resolved.

Except for Hunger. You're on your own on that one.

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