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Term for people who are somewhere between blue collar workers and white collar workers
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are InWhat is the term for police officers in command positions?Term for a person who can read but cannot writeIs there a word for “people who are computer illiterate”?“Workforce” - but with a more white-collar connotationA term for someone who fails to see the big picture or doesn't see the wood for the treesTerm for person who puts the good of others before himself to an unhealthy point where he suffers greatlyWord for a person whose job was replaced by an advance in technologyTerm for someone who is straight and cisgendered?Looking for a word to describe someone who is famous to a small group of peopleIs there a term, preferably informal, for upper-tier white collar workers?
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Blue Collar iplies production or assembly line. White collar implies professional. I'm looking for a term that would describe people who work for the railroad, or are police officers, or fire fighters, or
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Blue Collar iplies production or assembly line. White collar implies professional. I'm looking for a term that would describe people who work for the railroad, or are police officers, or fire fighters, or
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Welcome to EL&U! Please spend some time completing your question, as it is currently seems incomplete. Finish the last sentence, provide a sample sentence to illustrate how you intend to use the word if you had it, and what options you have considered and rejected.
– jxh
4 hours ago
Your definition of blue collar is too restrictive. In the U.S., railroad workers, police officers, and firefighters would all be considered blue-collar workers in that their occupations historically require less formal education than a bachelor's degree to enter (as well as having a physical component, at least historically, and hourly as opposed to annual compensation). Nuclear power reactor operators are also classified as blue collar workers, as are air traffic controllers, food and health inspectors, utility piping designers, and avionics technicians among others.
– choster
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Blue Collar iplies production or assembly line. White collar implies professional. I'm looking for a term that would describe people who work for the railroad, or are police officers, or fire fighters, or
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Blue Collar iplies production or assembly line. White collar implies professional. I'm looking for a term that would describe people who work for the railroad, or are police officers, or fire fighters, or
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Welcome to EL&U! Please spend some time completing your question, as it is currently seems incomplete. Finish the last sentence, provide a sample sentence to illustrate how you intend to use the word if you had it, and what options you have considered and rejected.
– jxh
4 hours ago
Your definition of blue collar is too restrictive. In the U.S., railroad workers, police officers, and firefighters would all be considered blue-collar workers in that their occupations historically require less formal education than a bachelor's degree to enter (as well as having a physical component, at least historically, and hourly as opposed to annual compensation). Nuclear power reactor operators are also classified as blue collar workers, as are air traffic controllers, food and health inspectors, utility piping designers, and avionics technicians among others.
– choster
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– jxh
4 hours ago
Your definition of blue collar is too restrictive. In the U.S., railroad workers, police officers, and firefighters would all be considered blue-collar workers in that their occupations historically require less formal education than a bachelor's degree to enter (as well as having a physical component, at least historically, and hourly as opposed to annual compensation). Nuclear power reactor operators are also classified as blue collar workers, as are air traffic controllers, food and health inspectors, utility piping designers, and avionics technicians among others.
– choster
4 hours ago
Welcome to EL&U! Please spend some time completing your question, as it is currently seems incomplete. Finish the last sentence, provide a sample sentence to illustrate how you intend to use the word if you had it, and what options you have considered and rejected.
– jxh
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Welcome to EL&U! Please spend some time completing your question, as it is currently seems incomplete. Finish the last sentence, provide a sample sentence to illustrate how you intend to use the word if you had it, and what options you have considered and rejected.
– jxh
4 hours ago
Your definition of blue collar is too restrictive. In the U.S., railroad workers, police officers, and firefighters would all be considered blue-collar workers in that their occupations historically require less formal education than a bachelor's degree to enter (as well as having a physical component, at least historically, and hourly as opposed to annual compensation). Nuclear power reactor operators are also classified as blue collar workers, as are air traffic controllers, food and health inspectors, utility piping designers, and avionics technicians among others.
– choster
4 hours ago
Your definition of blue collar is too restrictive. In the U.S., railroad workers, police officers, and firefighters would all be considered blue-collar workers in that their occupations historically require less formal education than a bachelor's degree to enter (as well as having a physical component, at least historically, and hourly as opposed to annual compensation). Nuclear power reactor operators are also classified as blue collar workers, as are air traffic controllers, food and health inspectors, utility piping designers, and avionics technicians among others.
– choster
4 hours ago
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Interesting question. I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head so I did a quick search and found this article. The new types of 'collars' certainly seems to be a response to the changing labor landscape and increase in the need for and prevalence of technical skills.
To your point, railroad engineers or technicians would be likely be 'grey collar'. I would classify the FD/PD as blue collar though.
answered 5 hours ago
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-collar
– jxh
4 hours ago
Grey-collar apparently has no fixed meaning. Also, most clergy have advanced degrees, so unless moving a lot of folding chairs turns one's collar to grey, this is an odd classification.
– KarlG
4 hours ago
I think we're outside the realm of fixed meanings, even with blue and white. The only difference between a shift foreman and the President of the United States is one of scale, and yet the one wears a blue collar and the other wears a white one.
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Interesting question. I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head so I did a quick search and found this article. The new types of 'collars' certainly seems to be a response to the changing labor landscape and increase in the need for and prevalence of technical skills.
To your point, railroad engineers or technicians would be likely be 'grey collar'. I would classify the FD/PD as blue collar though.
answered 5 hours ago
Adam SpeckerAdam Specker
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-collar
– jxh
4 hours ago
Grey-collar apparently has no fixed meaning. Also, most clergy have advanced degrees, so unless moving a lot of folding chairs turns one's collar to grey, this is an odd classification.
– KarlG
4 hours ago
I think we're outside the realm of fixed meanings, even with blue and white. The only difference between a shift foreman and the President of the United States is one of scale, and yet the one wears a blue collar and the other wears a white one.
– EditingFrank
29 mins ago
add a comment |
Interesting question. I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head so I did a quick search and found this article. The new types of 'collars' certainly seems to be a response to the changing labor landscape and increase in the need for and prevalence of technical skills.
To your point, railroad engineers or technicians would be likely be 'grey collar'. I would classify the FD/PD as blue collar though.
answered 5 hours ago
Adam SpeckerAdam Specker
713
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-collar
– jxh
4 hours ago
Grey-collar apparently has no fixed meaning. Also, most clergy have advanced degrees, so unless moving a lot of folding chairs turns one's collar to grey, this is an odd classification.
– KarlG
4 hours ago
I think we're outside the realm of fixed meanings, even with blue and white. The only difference between a shift foreman and the President of the United States is one of scale, and yet the one wears a blue collar and the other wears a white one.
– EditingFrank
29 mins ago
add a comment |
Interesting question. I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head so I did a quick search and found this article. The new types of 'collars' certainly seems to be a response to the changing labor landscape and increase in the need for and prevalence of technical skills.
To your point, railroad engineers or technicians would be likely be 'grey collar'. I would classify the FD/PD as blue collar though.
answered 5 hours ago
Adam SpeckerAdam Specker
713
Interesting question. I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head so I did a quick search and found this article. The new types of 'collars' certainly seems to be a response to the changing labor landscape and increase in the need for and prevalence of technical skills.
To your point, railroad engineers or technicians would be likely be 'grey collar'. I would classify the FD/PD as blue collar though.
answered 5 hours ago
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-collar
– jxh
4 hours ago
Grey-collar apparently has no fixed meaning. Also, most clergy have advanced degrees, so unless moving a lot of folding chairs turns one's collar to grey, this is an odd classification.
– KarlG
4 hours ago
I think we're outside the realm of fixed meanings, even with blue and white. The only difference between a shift foreman and the President of the United States is one of scale, and yet the one wears a blue collar and the other wears a white one.
– EditingFrank
29 mins ago
add a comment |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-collar
– jxh
4 hours ago
Grey-collar apparently has no fixed meaning. Also, most clergy have advanced degrees, so unless moving a lot of folding chairs turns one's collar to grey, this is an odd classification.
– KarlG
4 hours ago
I think we're outside the realm of fixed meanings, even with blue and white. The only difference between a shift foreman and the President of the United States is one of scale, and yet the one wears a blue collar and the other wears a white one.
– EditingFrank
29 mins ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-collar
– jxh
4 hours ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-collar
– jxh
4 hours ago
Grey-collar apparently has no fixed meaning. Also, most clergy have advanced degrees, so unless moving a lot of folding chairs turns one's collar to grey, this is an odd classification.
– KarlG
4 hours ago
Grey-collar apparently has no fixed meaning. Also, most clergy have advanced degrees, so unless moving a lot of folding chairs turns one's collar to grey, this is an odd classification.
– KarlG
4 hours ago
I think we're outside the realm of fixed meanings, even with blue and white. The only difference between a shift foreman and the President of the United States is one of scale, and yet the one wears a blue collar and the other wears a white one.
– EditingFrank
29 mins ago
I think we're outside the realm of fixed meanings, even with blue and white. The only difference between a shift foreman and the President of the United States is one of scale, and yet the one wears a blue collar and the other wears a white one.
– EditingFrank
29 mins ago
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Your definition of blue collar is too restrictive. In the U.S., railroad workers, police officers, and firefighters would all be considered blue-collar workers in that their occupations historically require less formal education than a bachelor's degree to enter (as well as having a physical component, at least historically, and hourly as opposed to annual compensation). Nuclear power reactor operators are also classified as blue collar workers, as are air traffic controllers, food and health inspectors, utility piping designers, and avionics technicians among others.
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