Hey everyone!

Today (like most days in winter) I was thinking about hat head. I have hat head pretty much every day in winter…and I don’t like it!

Hat head is an expression we use in Canada (and the U.S.) to describe what hair looks like after someone has worn a hat for some time. After wearing a hat for a few hours, the hair is often flat underneath. If you have straight hair normally, the hair underneath may have a line in it. If you have curly hair (like me) when you take off a hat, some of your hair is flat and some is curly.

It is not usually a problem for me in the summer because I don’t wear hats but in the winter most people wear hats because it is so cold. At least others have hat head too and it’s not just me! Lots of Canadians have hat head.

Do you get hat head often?

Do you want to see my hat head? ;)

And do you know the Canadian word for winter hat? It’s toque (sometimes spelled tuque or touque)!