Hi everybody, welcome back to Ask Alicia, the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them.

Maybe. Let's get to your first question this week. First question this week comes from Vinai. Hi Vinay. Vinay asked,

Hi Alicia. What is the meaning of sneak peek? Okay, great question. First, before I talk about the meaning of this phrase, I want to point out, sneak, peek, is one

of the most typoed expressions in English.

I swear, it's one of the most typoed things.

So sneak, S-N-E-A-K, peak, P-E-E-E-K.

So first put that in your head. Spelling, correct. That's the way to spell it.

So what is a sneak peek? Let's break this down. First, let's talk about sneak. To sneak is a verb,

which means to creep quietly into some place. So like when the house is all quiet and you need to go inside or you

need to get to the kitchen for a late night snack and you don't want anyone to hear you,

you will sneak into the kitchen. You walk very quietly. So you're trying to get to some goal

or you're trying to reach something without really anyone noticing. It's like a secret, right?

So a sneak peek then.

What is that?

To peak, let's break down the second part of this expression.

To peak means to look just a little bit.

So for example, if you want to like spy on your neighbor

or something like that, you might have a small gap,

like in maybe the curtains or in the blinds, like on your window, right?

So you might go like this with the curtain just to see a little bit.

What are they doing out there?

So this kind of tiny look is called peeking.

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