Seriously? That's a twist! ¿¿

What a twist!

https://youtu.be/xpXrtkvZoNE?t=23

I imagine in this context it’s meant to be sarcastic, no?

Yeah.

I think she really was surprised to hear that.

To hear that there are people like you on here.))

In that case, “What a twist” doesn’t work. We would say: “Now THERE’S a twist!”

WHAT A TWIST is used mostly by kids and it means something like “oh snap!” It’s relatively new and not very popular.

So, "What a twist!" is sarcastic, whereas "Now there's a twist!" isn't at all?

“Now there’s a twist” can be sarcastic or genuine, depending on the context and the speaker’s attitude. “What a twist” is a reference to movies made by M. Knight Shamayalam (or however the hell you write his name), which always have a crazy twist at the end. But the meaning of “What a twist” really has nothing to do with twists - it’s more like when somebody says something offensive to you and instead of getting angry, you say “oh snap!” (something like “you got me!”) or you just laugh. It’s really silly and not too popular.

Slavik, don’t learn English from Russians! That guy in the video has a terrible accent and doesn’t really know what that expression means. He’s just repeating something he heard or guessing at the meaning.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=what%20a%20twist

Oh snap! You got me! - Один в твою пользу! ¿

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