NEW-COLLAR

PRONUNCIATION: (NOO/NYOO-KOL-uhr)

MEANING: adjective: Relating to jobs that require specialized skills, but not necessarily a college education.

ETYMOLOGY: Formed on the pattern of other terms related to jobs, such as blue-collar and white-collar. Earliest documented use: 1984.

NOTES:...If you need to brush up on your collars, here’s a rundown:
blue-collar: jobs requiring manual labor, such as factory or construction work
white-collar: jobs involving nonphysical work, typically in offices
pink-collar: jobs traditionally held by women, such as childcare and secretarial work

...Some collar terms aren’t about work at all:
brass-collar (unwaveringly loyal to a political party)
arrow-collar (conventionally attractive and suave)
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And, just for fun, though it exceeds the rules,

OFF-COLLAR - salty language as used by any and all of the above
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NEW-DOLLAR - after they revalue the currency by dropping two zeroes from everything

NEW-COLLARD - after the seed people finish modifying the leafy vegetables to make the leaves purple or orange

KNEW-COLLAR - prize worn around the neck of the winner of the Trivia contest