Twist

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Contents 1 Music 2 Film and stage 3 People 4 Places 5 See also

Twist may refer to:

• Twist (comic), a comic by John Cook
• Twist (physics), a force (causing twisting)
• Twist (poker), a special round in some variants of stud poker
• Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
• Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
• French twist, a hair styling technique
• Twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri)
• Twist, the oldest form of chewing tobacco
• Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a minor P. G. Wodehouse character
• Twist (ride), a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
• Twist (sweets), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden

[edit] Music

• Twist (album), a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn
• The Twist (album), a 1984 LP by Danish indiepop band Gangway
• "The Twist" (song), a 1960s hit single made famous by Chubby Checker and written and originally recorded by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
  • Twist (dance), a rock and roll dance named after the song
• "Twist" (song), from the 2000 album Farmhouse by jam band Phish
• "Twist" (Goldfrapp song), a single from the 2003 album Black Cherry, by British electronica duo Goldfrapp
• Twist (Chris and Cosey album), an album by Chris and Cosey
• "Twist (KoRn song)", from the 1996 album Life Is Peachy by metal band Korn
• "Twisting" is a song by They Might Be Giants

[edit] Film and stage

• Twist (film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist
• Twist, a 1990 stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
• Jack Twist, a character from the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain
• Twist (musical), A Musical by Gila Sand and Paul Leschen based on Charles Dicken's "Oliver Twist"
• Twist (1995 film), a Hong Kong film starring Simon Yam

[edit] People

• Barry McGee (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
• Sean Twist, Canadian author and freelance newspaper columnist
• Michael Twist, Canadian author and teacher
• Leroy Casey, a disk jockey.

[edit] Places

• Twist, Arkansas, a city in the United States
• Twist, Devon, a hamlet in southwest England
• Twist, Germany, a municipality in Lower Saxony

[edit] See also

• Twisted