pink-slip

pink slip

noun
notice of dismissal from one's job.

Origin:
1910–15

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Pink-slip is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to flee; abscond:
Dictionary.com Unabridged

pink-slip

[pingk-slip]
verb (used with object), pink-slipped, pink-slip·ping.
to dismiss from a job: He will be pink-slipped next month.

Origin:
1950–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To pink-slip
Slang Dictionary

pink slip definition


  1. n.
    a piece of paper giving notice of dismissal from employment; any dismissal from employment. : I got a pink slip today. I guess I had it coming.
  2. tv.
    to dismiss someone from employment. (See also pink-slipped.) : They pink slipped the whole office force today.
  3. n.
    a learner's permit for driving an automobile. (In some U.S. states.) : You can't even drive in your own driveway without a pink slip.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT