Monday, November 26, 2007

"X Collar Job"

The Polyglot Conspiracy blogs about a construction which may count as a new snowclone.

white collar = professional class job

blue collar = working class job

green collar = eco-friendly job

pink collar = a job that is traditionally performed by women

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TV Linguistics - Pronouncify.com and the fictional Princeton Linguistics department

 [reposted from 11/20/10] I spent Thursday night on a plane so I missed 30 Rock and the most linguistics oriented sit-com episode since ...