Fauxhawk

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Fauxhawk. Fauxhawk is a blend of the word faux which is from the French word for false and mohawk. The term appears as early as the mid-1990s. It is similar to a pixie and a quiff.

A mohawk is a hairstyle created by shaving the sides of the head and leaving a long strip of hair running directly down the center of the scalp from the nape of the. A mohawk is a hairstyle where the sides of the head are shaved leaving only a long strip of hair running vertically along the scalp from the middle of the forehead to the nape of the neck. An example of a fauxhawk is the haircut of a little boy whose hair is gelled to a short spike on the top.

Miley Cyrus gave a performance at a Las Vegas resort wearing a sky-high fauxhawk in her straightened mullet haircut. Fauxhawk noun A hairstyle in which a section of hair running from the front to the back of the head stands erect intended to resemble a Mohawk haircut in which the sides of the head are shaved. A toned-down version of the famous mohawk haircut in which the sides of the head are shaved and a central strip of hair is made to stand up.

The faux hawk is a toned-down take on the easily recognizable mohawk a cut in which both sides of the head are shaven clean leaving just a strip of long hair along the center. A hairstyle in which a strip of hair across the top of the head is longer and higher than the hair on the sides. A fauxhawk is a haircut that is shorter on the sides and longer on the top.

The definition of fauxhawk is a hairstyle that resembles a mohawk without being shaved on the sides of the head. A hairstyle in which a section of hair running from the front to the back of the head stands erect intended to resemble a Mohican haircut in which the sides of the head are shaved My favorite member is the keyboardist dude with the fauxhawk. The faux hawk resembles the mohawk when.

A hairstyle like a Mohawk or Mohican with a central strip of hair standing up from the head. The most popular way to style it is into a mohawk. The term faux hawk combines the French word faux meaning false and the word mohawk The word dates back to the mid-1990s.