"helixing" meaning in English

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          "text": "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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          "ref": "2016 December 13, Lanre Bakare, “Skam: the Norwegian hit that could take US TV into uncharted territory”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "‘I told you no more helixing!’ … Jonas and Eva in season one of Skam. .",
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          "ref": "2018 September 21, Rebecca Jennings, “Fedoras are for jerks: a history of awful dudes in awful hats”, in Vox:",
          "text": "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:",
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        "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."
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