This is a theory that I have been plugging to people for a bunch of months now, and it has grown some momentum. I’m writing this just so it has some documentation on the internet, somewhere.
The idea is that any job that ends in man is a solid job. (Keep in mind this includes jobs ending in woman) The pay is good, and the job is fairly easy / is interesting / doesn’t suck. Man jobs, for the most part, are not held in high esteem by society.
Jobs that end in smith are also a good jobs, but certainly not as common.
Recently, the addition of General has been accepted as a good job word. If a job has General anywhere in the name (beginning, middle, end) then it is most likely a solid job. However, most General jobs are not jobs that you would just walk into. For the most part you need to be promoted from an inferior non-man-smith-general job.
As a sidenote, Lumberjacksmith is a very cool job, but the most rare of them all. A Lumberjacksmith chops wood, which he uses to fuel his forge, which he uses to smith more axes, swords, whatever he needs.
The following are imperfect lists, but should provide you with an idea of what I am talking about. If you’d like to add any, leave a comment.
Man Jobs:
Fireman
Delivery Man
Mail Man
Spokesman
Batman
Policeman
Pacman
Garbage Man
Milk Man
Salesman
Smith Jobs:
Blacksmith
Goldsmith
Aerosmith
Silversmith
Lumberjacksmith
Locksmith
General Jobs:
Attorney General
Post Master General
Surgeon General
etc
Milk Man. Locksmith.
what about businessman? that’s not thought of as low. or would you rather not count it because the technical term for it would be entreprenour?
I prefer “Mansmith General” to “General Mansmith”, but maybe that’s just me.
businessman doesn’t work, because it isn’t actually someone’s title. While a garbage man is a garbage man (except with the politically correct term, but whatever) a businessman could be anything (purchasing director, account executive, whatever).
Surgeon General, Salesman
Does a mansmith make… men?
But the General Mansmith only supervises. Thats why its a good job.
I correct myself: a mansmith would be someone who makes things OUT OF men.