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Blend of man +‎ capris.

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manpris pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only, slang) Capri pants that are worn by men.
    • [2002 March 20, Sally Cragin, “Chillin' With Surfers and Sick Waves”, in Boston Globe:
      "Manpris" is a derogatory term for Capri-style pants for men.]
    • 2006 July 9, Jim Ryan, “Federer's game has no weaknesses”, in SportingNews:
      The young Spaniard's vivacity and flair is the perfect foil to Federer's stoicism and meticulousness. Hell, I'm even beginning to come around on the manpris (OK, maybe not).
    • 2007 June 13, Olivia Barker, Mary Cadden, “Dumpy dads yield fashionable fathers”, in USA Today, page 6D:
      Her husband has one uniform to accompany his always untamed mane, and it's not a particularly flattering one: He's addicted to black Hush Puppies ("he will not wear any other shoe but these — even in the summer"), the color black and, perhaps most insidiously, "manpris" — capri pants for men.
    • 2007 July 27, Sarah van Schagen, Sarah K. Burkhalter, “From Bend It to Blow It”, in Grist Magazine:
      But Leo's fanny pack was a Titanic mistake ... and we can only hope it's near the 11th hour for manpris.
    • 2012, Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun, Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      But modern American manpris? I don't understand them. Unless you're doing something creative with your socks [] the midcalf length typically just makes a man look sloppy—and shorter.

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