As for how this hairstyle got its seemingly random, yet catchy-as-hell name? Well, that’s still a bit of a mystery outside of secondary school circles in the U.K. It seems as though the origin of the cut — and name — popped up on Twitter in April of 2015 , but parents and older denizens of the internet are likening the vibe to cuts worn in the synthpop scene in the ‘80s.