I'm not implying anything... I'm going by the dictionary definition.

Wikipedia link has good references, if you care to look them up. I agree that you can be a "professional" who does a lot of manual labor, but the blue/white collar dichotomy is rather established in definition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designation_of_workers_by_coll...

> A "white-collar worker" is a salaried professional...