jorts

jorts
 n.pl.— «I’d be fine if I can be assured that what’s being mocked are unsightly variations of jean shorts (I refuse to be drawn in by the taunting and refer to them as “jorts.”).» —“I don’t mind being the butt of a joke” by Gregory Hardy The State (Columbia, South Carolina) Apr. 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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