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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--white-shoe This week's theme: words with color as metaphors. white-shoe (hwyt, wyt shoo) noun Pertaining to a business or those who run it, typically conservative, rich, and elite, in fields such as law, finance, etc. [Apparently from the earlier popularity of white shoes among such men.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "[John] Street's problem was that, unlike the white-shoe lawyers and sleek inside players who'd mastered this game, his people were new to the trough." Chris Satullo; Not a Crook, But Still a Failure; Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania); Jan 5, 2008. X-Bonus Words are the small change of thought. -Jules Renard, writer (1864-1910)

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