pink-slipped

[pingk-slip]

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
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Pink-slipped is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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pink-slipped definition


  1. mod.
    fired; dismissed from employment. : I guess I've done it. I'm pink-slipped.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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