Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of helix
- uncountableThe practice of wearing a beanie towards the back of one's crown, so as to expose the helix (outer rim) of one's ears.
‘I told you no more helixing!’ … Jonas and Eva in season one of Skam. .
2016 December 13, Lanre Bakare, “Skam: the Norwegian hit that could take US TV into uncharted territory”, in The Guardian2 more examples
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.
2015 November 18, Morwenna Ferrier, “Hipster hats: the art of 'helixing'”, in The GuardianIf 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:
2018 September 21, Rebecca Jennings, “Fedoras are for jerks: a history of awful dudes in awful hats”, in Vox
Origin
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helixing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helixing
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