Talk:collar

white-collar, etc.

Currently this article doesn't give the sense that produces pink-collar and so on (i.e., the backformational/generalizational sense from white-collar and blue-collar), but it does have a translation table for that sense.

I'm thinking maybe we should have a sense along the lines of:

1. (in expressions relating to classes of profession) See -collar.

With -collar giving a full etymology of how this specific sense comes from collar, and linking to the various expressions. (Both articles would link to white-collar and blue-collar in the "derived terms" section, though, as these terms come directly from the normal sense of the word "collar".)

Does that make sense?

—Ruakh_TALK 18:49, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

brass-collar (adjective): loyal to political party

never abandoning a particular political party and always voting a straight ticket
brass-collar Democrats
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

--Backinstadiums (talk) 15:01, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Created brass-collar Democrat. Only very rarely is it used with other parties e.g. Republican. Equinox ◑ 01:30, 6 June 2021 (UTC)