twinsie

English

Etymology

From twin +‎ -sie.

Noun

twinsie (plural twinsies)

1. (childish) A twin.
   • 2014, Marquita Valentine, Be Mine:

     “I’ve always considered Bella to be my twinsie, so if Ivan did kick Liam’s butt, then it would be for me, too. Because, twins.”

   • 2017, Kathryn Ormsbee, Tash Hearts Tolstoy, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:

     Shelly Reed, my twinsie and ginger soul sister, I still freak out about how Fate threw us together all those years ago, across the pond.

   • 2018, Emma Renshaw, Vow of Retribution:

     My twinsie, Catherine, I can’t believe you’ve only been in my life for just a few months.

   • 2020, J. Lorenzo Perillo, “Acknowledgments”, in Choreographing in Color: Filipinos, Hip-Hop, and the Cultural Politics of Euphemism, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages x–xi:

     Chelo Aestrid, my twinsie, has been one of the main reasons I can claim to know anything about Manila’s hip-hop dance community.

   • 2020, Yodassa Williams, The Goddess Twins, SparkPress, →ISBN:

     “[…] We’re your cousins! Welcome to Londontown, twinsies,” the smaller sister says, her voice a higher pitched version of her sister’s.

   • 2021, Mara Rutherford, Luminous, Inkyard Press, →ISBN:

     My twinsie, Sarah, deserves her own thank-you.

   • 2022, Misha Bell, Sextuplet and the City, Mozaika Publications, →ISBN:

     “Who’s that?” “My twinsie’s new BFF.”