The moment when you think you see someone attractive out of the corner of your eye (the peripherals), and momentarily find them attractive before getting a better glance and realizing that they are a sub-par, or unfortunate looking individual
Inner monologue... "Ouuu damn, that guy is really hot!...oh.. oh. No wait, statement retracted, he’s just the Mexican janitor. Thought he was hot from the corner of my eye. He’s peripheral hot."
by RandySparkles February 12, 2013
When someone looks hot out of the corner of your eye, but as soon as you get a good look at them you realize how ugly they are.
“What do you think of that new girl in our class”
“Idk dude she’s got peripheral hotness she’s too ugly to directly look at”
“Idk dude she’s got peripheral hotness she’s too ugly to directly look at”
by Speed-weed69 February 4, 2020