Talk:velvet handcuff
Latest comment: 11 years ago by -sche in topic RFV discussion: August–November 2012
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Protologism? Definition needs severe trimming if OK. SemperBlotto (talk) 06:48, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
- I found only three relevant hits in Google Books: [1], [2], [3]. I'm not sure about the third one, but the first two seem identical to golden handcuffs. Recommend this entry be changed to the plural form. --BB12 (talk) 07:07, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
- golden handcuffs and velvet handcuffs don't seem identical to me. With golden handcuffs the idea is certainly that a large amount of money is the restricting influence. For velvet handcuffs more factors (benefits, possibly work environment, prestige) seem to be involved than money or the money seems much less. DCDuring TALK 12:22, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
- Move to velvet handcuffs once cited. DCDuring TALK 12:24, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
- I've added some more cites. This differs from golden handcuffs mostly in degree. The definition could stand some generalization to encompass the full range of non-literal usage. DCDuring TALK 13:09, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
- Move to velvet handcuffs once cited. DCDuring TALK 12:24, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
- golden handcuffs and velvet handcuffs don't seem identical to me. With golden handcuffs the idea is certainly that a large amount of money is the restricting influence. For velvet handcuffs more factors (benefits, possibly work environment, prestige) seem to be involved than money or the money seems much less. DCDuring TALK 12:22, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
- Meh, moved to velvet handcuffs and kept. Modify the definition as needed. - -sche (discuss) 05:41, 28 November 2012 (UTC)