Etymology

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Today it 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. Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.