business casual

noun

chiefly US
: a style of dressing for white-collar employees that is less formal than traditional business attire
I sat at my desk the other afternoon, dressed in business casual, and wistfully fingered my most recent pay stub. … And I thought as I've thought before: perhaps it's no coincidence that business casual is sweeping the country just as white-collar job security evaporates.Jay Weiser, New Republic, 26 Feb. 1996

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of business casual was in 1968

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“Business casual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20casual. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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