working stiff

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English

WOTD – 6 September 2021

Etymology

From working + stiff (“average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education”).

Pronunciation

Noun

working stiff (plural working stiffs)

  1. (originally US, informal) An ordinary person who works in a non-management position, especially one who works for wages rather than a salary.
    • 2018 November 14, Jesse Hassenger, “Disney Goes Viral with an Ambitious, Overstuffed Wreck-It Ralph Sequel”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 21 November 2019:
      Now he spends his time off from work hanging out with his diminutive best friend Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), the casual-dress princess hero of racing game Sugar Rush. Ralph enjoys life as a working stiff, though Vanellope is growing bored with her racing-world domination.
    • 2023 May 28, Robert Armstrong, “The world wobbles; the luxury industry strides on”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 21:
      The balance sheets of the middle class have improved as well. Good. But if working stiffs have come out OK, the richest have consolidated their gains.

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References

  1. ^ “working stiff, n.” under “stiff, adj., n., and adv.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1916.
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