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Shorts vs Jorts - What's the difference?

shorts | jorts |

As nouns the difference between shorts and jorts

is that shorts is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while jorts is jean shorts, a pair of shorts made from denim (especially, mid-thigh or knee-length.

shorts

English

(wikipedia shorts)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • English plurals
  • Pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees.
    • Jessica hated covering her legs, so she rarely wore anything but shorts .
  • Underwear bottoms.
    • After a scare like that, I need to change my shorts .
  • (uncountable) Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
  • The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
  • * Halliwell
    • The first remove above bran is shorts .
  • Short, inferior hemp.

    • Derived terms

    * boardshorts * booty shorts * boxer shorts * swimshorts * sleep shorts

    Anagrams

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    jorts

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (pluralonly) jean shorts, a pair of shorts made from denim (especially, mid-thigh or knee-length)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2010-03-16 , title = Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating or Having Sex , first = Ellen , last = Rakieten , coauthors = Anne Coyle , location = New York , publisher = Villard Books , isbn = 9780345520678 , ol = 23936462M , page = 13 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=9J7lsYei8U8C&pg=PA13&dq=jorts , 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. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2011-11-18 , title = The Chicktionary: From A-line to Z-snap, the words every woman should know , first = Anna , last = Lefle , location = Avon , publisher = Adams Media , isbn = 9781440531231 , ol = 25365733M , page = 106 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=aRLhLxBl7tEC&pg=PA106&dq=jorts , 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. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2012-03-28 , title = Dads Are the Original Hipsters , first = Brad , last = Getty , location = San Francisco , publisher = Chronicle Books , isbn = 9781452108858 , ol = 25026028M , page = 11 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=R2q7BxX7_DcC&pg=PA11&dq=jorts , passage = Your dad wore jorts before you did and he's got the short frayed denim to prove it. }} English pluralia tantum