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Jack ups 

Jack ups are simply trousers that are too short. There are at least 2-3 cm above your ankles.
Example 1 :

Your trousers are serious jack ups.(only if it is really visible that they are above your ankles)
Example 2:

Look at them jack ups, they are too LOL
Jack ups by Itz_cutequeen October 13, 2017

jack-ups 

Derogative term for trousers worn too short (approx 1-3 inches above the shoe), often with white socks underneath making the jack-up more obvious.
Check that guy's jack-ups
My best trousers had shrunk, resulting in fairly serious jack-ups
jack-ups by Nicky November 28, 2004

jack-ups 

commonly thought of as meaning trousers that are too short, 'jack-ups' are actually trousers that, surprise surprise, have been 'jacked' up. That means that the waistband has been pulled higher than necessary, possibly up to the naval (bellybutton) or chest.
person1: (indicating person2's trousers) ha, look, he's got jack-ups!

person2: actually, my trousers are just a bit short

person1's friend, person3: yeah thats what jack-ups are, you idiot

person2: commonly thought of as meaning trousers that are too short, 'jack-ups' are actually trousers that, surprise surprise, have been 'jacked' up. That means that the waistband has been pulled higher than necessary, possibly up to the naval (bellybutton) or chest.

person1 & person3: youre such a nerd
jack-ups by A D August 16, 2007

jackupsguy 

(n) One who is in a state of awesomeness.
Jackupsguy is da bomb!
jackupsguy by Jack, the UPSGUY March 28, 2007
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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