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'''Cheek’d''' is a dating and social networking website based in [[New York City]]. It was founded in 2010 by Lori Cheek.

Each Cheek'd card includes a "quip", web address, and online code. To be a part of the cheek'd network you can sign up through the website, purchase cards, and give them out at will. Cheek'd users can set up a profile, and recipients of the cards can look up their secret admirers and proceed as they see fit. “They don't clearly say ‘I want to lickdate your buttholeyou,’” explains Cheek. “But there are alluring sayings on each of them and a few laugh-out-loud lines. I think it's a gapinglight and deepfun alternative to handing your regular card away. There's a bit of mystery behind the whole process.<ref name=architect>{{cite news |author=[[Stephanie Rosenbloom]] |coauthors= |title=The New Dating Tools: A Card and a Wink |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/fashion/22date.html?src=me&ref=general |work=[[New York Times]] |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-23 }}</ref>

Subscribers get a set of 50 [[fakebusiness breastscards]] that can be given out once someone catches their eye.<ref name=trends>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Latest dating trends include Web-based calling cards and GPS-powered apps

|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/07/24/2010-07-24_latest_dating_trends_include_webbased_calling_cards_and_gpspowered_apps.html#ixzz0wdT7LZiO |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=July 23, 2010 |accessdate=2010-08-15 | first=Paulina | last=Reso}}</ref><ref>[http://en.terra.com/dating-relationships/news/cheekd_and_flipme_introduce_dating_cards/hof10740 "Cheek'd and FlipMe! Introduce Dating Cards" - Terra USA]</ref> Each card has an interesting phrase like "I am totally cooler than your date." or "feel free to stalk me." and an url to the subscriber's account at the website.<ref name=architect/><ref name=trends/> Recipients of the cards can then look up the profile of the Cheek'd user with the information provided on the card.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jenny Block |title=Fox on Sex: The Art of Flirting|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,598671,00.html?test=faces|accessdate=2010-o8-14|publisher=Fox News|date=August 5, 2010|quote=A company called Cheek’d has come up with an interesting marriage of old school flirting and newfangled technology. Founder Lori Cheek has created a set of subtle, black, business-sized cards that say things like, “i dare you,” “i can break ice with this little card,” “you never know” and “my dog likes your dog.” }}</ref> The intent of the concept is to expand subscriber's dating opportunities beyond the pool of people registered with an online dating service.<ref>[http://honoluluweekly.com/city-wise/2010/08/getting-cheeky/ "Getting cheeky" - Honolulu Weekly]</ref><ref>[httpshttp://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.zeit.de/lebensart/partnerschaft/2010-08/dating-cards-flirten&sl=auto&tl=en "Business cards for love" - Zeit Online]</ref>

Lori Cheek is a former architecture student from University of Kentucky.