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gorpcore

gorpcore noun: a style of fashion characterized by functional outdoor wear such as fleece jackets, parkas, Gore-Tex jackets and pants, and many other utilitarian styles.

Noun

gorpcore (uncountable)

  1. A style of fashion characterized by functional outdoor wear such as fleece jackets, parkas, Gore-Tex jackets and pants, and many other utilitarian styles.
    • It might be the Vetements effect of ‘wear what you want, we just don’t care’ but designers have more than embraced gorpcore, whose key elements have been seen on runways for seasons now.2017 June 1, Francesca Wallace, “Gorpcore is the new normcore: everything you need to know about fashion's newest phase.”, in Vogue Australia
    • These days, fanny packs are being worn by rappers. By models. And soon, no doubt, by you. Why? Because gorpcore has brought them back into fashion.2017 May 29, “'Gorpcore' is the new 'Normcore' and it's bringing bum bags back”, in Metro

Examples of gorpcore in a sentence

  • We scoured the site for things that are not often on sale, and stumbled on this great nubby Patagonia fleece that’s perfect for living out your gorpcore dreams in.2017 November 27, Alexis Swerdloff, “If You're Going to Buy One Thing Today, Make It This Patagonia Fleece”, in New York Magazine:
  • A recent New York Times headline about warcore, the gorier sequel to gorpcore, squealed: “If you can get killed doing it, fashion wants it”.2019 October 30, Priya Elan, “Gorpcore: why people who rarely go outside are wearing hiking gear”, in The Guardian:
  • And in this Milan show, some of the most extreme iterations of gorpcore felt like a step too far.2020 January 13, “Giorgio goes gorpcore: Armani channels The Matrix in Milan”, in The Guardian:

Forms of gorpcore

alternative formgorp-core

Origin of gorpcore

Originally coined by New York Magazine’s The Cut in late May 2017 as blend of gorp (“trail mix”) + normcore.

Questions about gorpcore

What does gorpcore mean?
Gorpcore means a style of fashion characterized by functional outdoor wear such as fleece jackets, parkas, Gore-Tex jackets and pants, and many other utilitarian styles.
How do you use gorpcore in a sentence?
We scoured the site for things that are not often on sale, and stumbled on this great nubby Patagonia fleece that’s perfect for living out your gorpcore dreams in.
What part of speech is gorpcore?
Gorpcore is a noun.

Words near gorpcore in the dictionary

  1. Gorostieta
  2. Gorostietas
  3. goroutine
  4. goroutines
  5. gorp
  6. gorpcore
  7. Gorr
  8. gorra
  9. gorram
  10. gorrel-bellied
  11. Gorrell

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