Cheeky Pint
A short, sanctioned, and slightly British-affected afternoon drink, almost always paired with a [[Birdie Time|Birdie Time]] follow-on. Distinct from a long after-work session.
Cheeky Pint
A short, sanctioned, and slightly British-affected afternoon drink, almost always paired with a Birdie Time follow-on. Distinct from a long after-work session.
The cheeky pint is an organizing concept in the Newfound Glory Hole that licenses members to leave their desks at 2:30 PM for a single beer without committing to a fuller hoen. The term enters the chat through Brian Ambuel on 2025-10-05:
"I will attempt to join for a cheeky pint." — Brian Ambuel, 2025-10-05
Within five weeks the phrase had been adopted by Cullen Conway ("I was given shots but I'm drinking a cheeky pint and not shitty fireball", 2025-11-01) and Evan Bbbender ("Want to meet up around 5 for a cheeky pint", 2025-11-12), establishing the speed at which cheeky-pint adoption can occur within the group. By March 2026 it had stabilized into a recurring midweek proposal:
"Could meet up this afternoon for a cheeky pint after 2:30" — Brian Ambuel, 2026-03-06
Cullen Conway ("I could probably cheeky pint") and Max Lieberman ("Cheeky pint with a side sandwich is fine with me") confirmed in turn.
The Birdie pairing
Kyle Derrick, 2026-03-12, articulates the canonical structural pairing:
"It's also close to Biride time for cheeky pint afterwards" — Kyle Derrick, 2026-03-12
The typo "Biride" is preserved by editorial consensus. The pairing is: cheeky pint first, Birdie Time second.
TC variant
A single 2026-03-14 message from Evan Bbbender introduces a non-canonical variant:
"If anybody wants a cheeky pint Dan and I are going to TC" — Evan Bbbender, 2026-03-14
The venue TC is unexplained in the corpus.
Etymological note
The chat has never explicitly acknowledged the cheeky pint's British origin. The encyclopedia infers its provenance from the construction "cheeky [noun]", which is uncommon in North American English and almost obligatory in BBC food-and-drink criticism.