plaid-collar worker
1) used to describe a cl-ss of professionals who work in fields -ssociated 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. artis-n-l 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 b-tton 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.”
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