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)
‘the opening drew a primarily male audience sporting ironic T-shirts and fauxhawks’
‘My favorite member is the keyboardist dude with the fauxhawk.’
‘Niki tried to convince him to cut his hair into a fauxhawk, but he wasn't buying that either.’
‘I didn't notice anything about him other than he was still sporting that ridiculous fauxhawk.’
‘It would appear that he has at least fixed his hair from the hilarious greaseball-yet-rock-hard fauxhawk thing he had going.’
‘His critically acclaimed band Playgroup brought live electro to the club long before ironic mullets and fauxhawks became de rigueur.’
‘I find it strange that Sindi chose to let the apprentice do her hair, while the qualified hairdresser was relegated to mushing product into the boys' fauxhawks.’
‘In college I dressed like an eighties punk, with the ripped tights and the fauxhawk.’
‘To the hot blonde with the fauxhawk: you're gorgeous!’
‘The boys ranged from a cute, clean-cut paralegal at the Federal Trade Commission to a couple of college students with fauxhawks.’
‘The camouflage belt and the soccer shoes are cool, and the haircut is good—a fauxhawk.’
Origin
Early 21st century blend of faux and Mohawk (sense 3 of the noun).
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