Talk:gray-collar

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--Connel MacKenzie 18:55, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

After skimming of some of the term's 317 b.g.c. hits (http://books.google.com/books?as_q=%22gray%20collar%22), I suspect that the given definition is wrong; it seems that the term describes jobs that are like blue-collar jobs in the level of education required, but that don't consist of menial labor. (This sense definitely meets CFI; most of the uses of the term on b.g.c. seem to be actual uses, often without even feeling the need to define the term.) —Ruakh_TALK 03:30, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I'm not sure the "jocular" and "non-standard" tags are warranted; judging by the b.g.c. hits, the term seems to be used quite seriously. —Ruakh_TALK 03:32, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm striking this now, as it's been cited for over a week without comment. —Ruakh_TALK 15:58, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Added another quote to support the definition a little better, and RFV passed. DAVilla 20:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)