Originally Posted by
BingoBango
My guess is it's for hair that grows in multiple directions, but not exactly a swirl (which would be a cowlick). I have a spot like that under the corner of my right jaw. Every direction is ATG almost, so to get BBS (which I haven't been able to do in that spot) I have to go N-S, S-N, E-W and some other NNW-SSE kind things. Again, I haven't gotten BBS there and this is probably why. It seems there's always one direction I can rub after a shave and it'll feel a little rough.