Cheeky mode is when someone consciously leans into their most playfully brazen, boundary-testing, grinning-while-they-do-it self. Activated by any situation that calls for a little calculated mischief — asking for an extra portion, sliding into the DMs with absolutely no shame, or talking their way into a sold-out event. In cheeky mode the person is technically pushing their luck but doing so with such disarming confidence and humour that it's hard to stay annoyed. It's the operating system of the loveable rogue: charm-forward, self-aware, and delightfully shameless.
She switched into full cheeky mode at the bar and somehow got everyone's drinks comped.
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