Helixing

Quick meaning: Helixing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of helix.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of helix.

More Meanings

1. The practice of wearing a beanie towards the back of one's crown, so as to expose the helix (outer rim) of one's ears.

Example Sentences

‘I told you no more helixing!’ … Jonas and Eva in season one of Skam. .

If the old slouchy beanie look was for guys who wanted to appear laid-back, the new tightly rolled beanie — helixing, as some have called it — is for the guy who’s more self-aware about his scumbag tendencies, as one viral tweet articulates:

And just as Russell Branding fobbed us off with the idea of “pillowcasing” (packing your massive hair into a beanie), and David Beckham sold us “haggising” (like pillowcasing, just with shorter hair), we have Harry Styles to thank for “helixing”, the new beanie standard.

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