page_title: Beanie (seamed cap)
section_title: Propeller beanie
hierarchical_section_title: Beanie (seamed cap) / Propeller beanie
caption_attribution_description: English: photo of someone wearing a Google NOOGLER hat.
context_page_description: In the United States, a beanie is a head-hugging brimless cap, made from triangular panels of material joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides. Commonly made of cloth or felt material, beanies may also be made from leather or silk.
  In some US regions and parts of Canada the term "beanie" refers to a knitted cap, alternately called a "stocking cap" or "toque".
context_section_description: In the late 1940s, while still in high school, science fiction fanzine artist Ray Nelson adopted the use of the propeller beanie as emblematic shorthand for science fiction fandom.  This was in self-mockery of the popular image of fans as childish and concerned with ephemera (such as science fiction). References to the distinctive headwear are now used to identify old-fashioned fans, as opposed to more modern fans of media science fiction.
  The propeller beanie increased in popular use through comics and eventually made its way onto the character of Beany Boy of Beany and Cecil. Today, computer savvy and other technically proficient people are sometimes pejoratively called propellerheads because of the one-time popularity of the propeller beanie.
  In the 21st century, propeller beanies are rarely seen on the street, and are primarily worn for satirical or comedic purposes. Google issues these to their newly hired employees, "Nooglers" as part of their onboarding and they are required to wear them at all times on site for a given time.
  In 1996, student hackers placed a giant propeller beanie on the Great Dome at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  The scaled-up propeller rotated as the wind drove it like a windmill.
caption: Propeller beanie with a visor
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