n. Maximalist shorts that offer anything from a glimpse to an eyeful of butt cheek. Peekacheeks reveal at least the lower 7% of the wearer's total posterior real estate. The style often triggers emotional responses. Such responses include titillation, giddiness, laughter, confusion, embarrassment, and other psychic phenomena. The maximum exposure of peekacheeks is only limited by what is permissible by law. They often expose rear pockets of denim styles, transforming them into floppy flaps that wave to us like happy flags. This exposure of the structural element of the garment is considered innovative design by industry authorities.
Beyoncé introduced a revival of peekacheek style in the 2003 music video for 'Crazy In Love'. The style gained further acceptance in
2005 when
Jessica Simpson appeared in a big-screen adaptation of 80's television series "The Dukes of Hazzard". Daisy
Duke was infamous for the allure of her
short cutoff jeans. The style often draws comparisons to the
popular "side
boob" and is often combined with that style.
Etymology: Peek, origin Middle
English: pyke > pike > peek; and Cheek, From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke,
choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
