Borts vs Jorts - What's the difference?
borts | jorts |
(pluralonly) jean shorts, a pair of shorts made from denim (especially, mid-thigh or knee-length)
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, passage = Jorts are confusing. Do you want to wear jeans or shorts? Our guess is that what you're really saying is that you'd like to wear a longish, slouchy pair of shorts and not look too buttoned-up.
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, passage = Although some feel that jorts' include any manner of denim short regardless of length, others describe ' jorts as strictly of the knee-length, baggy variety.
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* {{quote-book
, date = 2012-03-28
, title = Dads Are the Original Hipsters
, first = Brad
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, page = 11
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, passage = Your dad wore jorts before you did and he's got the short frayed denim to prove it.
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