In Blender magazine’s list of the Top 100 songs of 2005, No. 88 is “An Honest Mistake” by The Bravery, a British electro-pop quintet that’s big on attitude. According to Blender, the tune is “infectious synth pop for the fauxhawk set.”

Whoa — the fauxhawk set? I suddenly felt very unhip. I have never once used the word “fauxhawk” in a sentence. I’d be so much cooler if I could casually dispatch fauxhawk now and again. (Embarrassingly, I didn’t even know exactly what a fauxhawk was, but I looked it up. Now I’m ready to use it.)

Here’s the iTunes link to listen to the fauxhawk music. (That was my first use of fauxhawk — not bad, hey?)


Here’s The Bravery — check out the fauxhawk on that guy. (That was my second use of fauxhawk. I’m feeling much more relaxed with it.)