Definitions
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- noun
jean shorts , a pair ofshorts made fromdenim (especially, mid-thigh or knee-length)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Everyone should be very impressed with me since I didn't use the word jorts once.
Tomahawk Nation 2009
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Jorts - I actually really like jorts, which is a pejorative for something that used to just be called cut-offs.
Crushable 2010
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Anyone shallow enough to worry whether I wear a Hawaiian shirt and/or "jorts" would also be highly questionable (I have worn such since they are comfortable and functional, both attributes which ALWAYS trump "fashion" for me).
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local HolierThanThou 2010
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Anyone shallow enough to worry whether I wear a Hawaiian shirt and/or "jorts" would also be highly questionable (I have worn such since they are comfortable and functional, both attributes which ALWAYS trump "fashion" for me).
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Gil 2010
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Kenny, (you too Mr. Paladino) you should be wearing cut off jorts (jean shorts ... like you don't know that!) and roller skating the boardwalk at Venice Beach with your arms spread out like wings in the lovely fall breeze.
Bryan Kinneen: An Open Letter to Ken Buck (Satire) Bryan Kinneen 2010
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Kenny, (you too Mr. Paladino) you should be wearing cut off jorts (jean shorts ... like you don't know that!) and roller skating the boardwalk at Venice Beach with your arms spread out like wings in the lovely fall breeze.
Bryan Kinneen: An Open Letter to Ken Buck (Satire) Bryan Kinneen 2010
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The night that episode aired, I sent a picture of me in my jorts to Young.
Work of Art's Dusty on Why Jerry Was Wrong and Having His Own Short Shorts 2011
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ZUMAPRESS.com Bourbon 'n Toulouse in Lexington, Ky., gave a free meal in April to customers who sheared their jeans into jorts.
Knicks Fans: Get Ready to Meet 'Jorts' Ben Cohen 2011
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"If we could convince every Knicks fan to buy a Jorts T-shirt or a pair of jorts, then it'll carry him through the lockout," joked Jeff Sheppard, a former Kentucky player who manages the store and organized the Jorts Tour.
Knicks Fans: Get Ready to Meet 'Jorts' Ben Cohen 2011
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Now, readers, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't jorts go out of style circa 1995?
Gena Grish: Dating Disaster #9,904: The Long and Jort of It 2010
anovak commented on the word jorts
portmanteau of jeans and shorts
April 3, 2009