v. When a person, typically a male youth, overcompensates for low socioeconomic status by
listening to hard rock or rap and getting tattoos, attempting to portray himself as an
alpha male, when in fact he is subservient in the business world due to his poor education and low IQ. He is, in essence, socially and economically subservient, despite his outward rebellion. Hence the phrase: his cheeks are
in the air.