Jock strap : A garment made of stretchy cotton intended primarily to embarass teenaged boys in gym class and secondarily to secure their wobbly bits from getting jostled. Boys, if you don't wear your jock strap, then when you make that turnaround jump shot, you'll leave your family jewels on the floor.

If there's one article of clothing that marks the jock, it has to be the jock strap. No article of men's clothing is at once so personal, public, despised, and obsessed as the athletic supporter. To some men it's an irritating necessity, to others its a welcome and comforting friend. There's a remarkable variety of ways to support and protect a man's genitals. This web site illustrates some of these supporters.

Jock Haiku inspired by conversations on alt.support.jock-strap

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