1) Used to describe a class of professionals who work in fields associated with information, creativity, social-media, etc. Derived from previous uses of "collar," e.g. blue-collar, white-collar, green-collar.
2) Anyone who works in the hipster economy, e.g. artisanal products, crafts, art related fields, communication, information, and anything having to do with memes.
3) Liberal arts majors who manage to get a job where they only wear ties if they feel like it, and with the top button undone.
4) Liberal arts majors who work in traditionally blue-collar fields.
2) Anyone who works in the hipster economy, e.g. artisanal products, crafts, art related fields, communication, information, and anything having to do with memes.
3) Liberal arts majors who manage to get a job where they only wear ties if they feel like it, and with the top button undone.
4) Liberal arts majors who work in traditionally blue-collar fields.
Ex. 1
Hipster 1: "Winston just got a job at the Huffpo as a social-media coordinator."
Hipster 2: "Totally kewl, joining that plaid-collar workforce."
Ex. 2
"Dude, I forgot my rooibos tea at the new lunch-time yoga studio--man, I'm totally a plaid-collar worker."
Ex. 3
"So what's Mondragon been doing with that English degree since he graduated from Columbia?"
"Oh, he's in Brooklyn, making chairs out of reclaimed wood. Suuuuuper plaid-collar worker."
Hipster 1: "Winston just got a job at the Huffpo as a social-media coordinator."
Hipster 2: "Totally kewl, joining that plaid-collar workforce."
Ex. 2
"Dude, I forgot my rooibos tea at the new lunch-time yoga studio--man, I'm totally a plaid-collar worker."
Ex. 3
"So what's Mondragon been doing with that English degree since he graduated from Columbia?"
"Oh, he's in Brooklyn, making chairs out of reclaimed wood. Suuuuuper plaid-collar worker."
by Pseudophor January 7, 2013
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this can also occur in hallways/stairways/others' offices
this person does not necessarily have to be a coworker, work rapists may include: salespeople, delivery people, children of the owner
this can also occur in hallways/stairways/others' offices
this person does not necessarily have to be a coworker, work rapists may include: salespeople, delivery people, children of the owner
Valerie: "Where's Mike?"
Janet: "Oh, poor guy, Herbie is in today - caught Mike at his desk and is work raping him about some new scheme he has."
Valerie: "HR really needs to do something about our frequent work rape situations!"
Janet: "Oh, poor guy, Herbie is in today - caught Mike at his desk and is work raping him about some new scheme he has."
Valerie: "HR really needs to do something about our frequent work rape situations!"
by wildjem December 14, 2009
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by methhhh April 22, 2014
Get the work poop mug.When you work night shifts and your brain stops working. You may appear intoxicated and have difficulty driving home.
by djn-rock July 27, 2016
Get the Work Drunk mug.Spec work (short for speculative) is any job for which the client expects to see examples or a finished product before agreeing to pay a fee.
The client wasn't satisfied with the job so the designer didn't get his fee, because he agreed to do spec work.
by olelundan September 17, 2010
Get the spec work mug.SImilar to a sex worker, a drug worker is anyone who works in any capacity in the drug trade, legal or illegal. A pharmacy cashier is a drug worker. A medical marijuana dispensary cashier is a drug worker. Someone who sells heroin needles is a drug worker. A go-between who gets drugs from dealer to customer is a drug worker. A look-out who watches for cops is a drug worker. A person who tests ecstasy at raves is a drug worker.
If we legalized weed, drug workers could pay taxes into the Social SEcurity system and keep it solvent.
by Stoned Faux July 26, 2018
Get the drug worker mug.Commonly found among the partners of consultants and salespeople, a state of "temporary widowhood" caused by the work or work travel schedule of a significant other. A woman, married or in a relationship, who is often left alone on a regular basis for significant periods of time (multiple days), enough to seem to be single or without companionship.
Male version: Work Widower
Male version: Work Widower
With her husband's work schedule only allowing him to visit every other weekend, she was often know to refer to herself as a 'work widow'.
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