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pink slip

1

noun

  1. notice of dismissal from one's job.


pink-slip

2

[ pingk-slip ]

verb (used with object)

pink-slipped, pink-slipping.
  1. to dismiss from a job:

    He will be pink-slipped next month.

pink slip

noun

  1. informal.
    a notice of redundancy issued to an employee
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pink slip1

First recorded in 1910–15

Origin of pink slip2

First recorded in 1950–55
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“I don’t want to see thousands and thousands of pink slips go out. I don’t want to see disruption in the system,†he said.

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“It’s more of a warning than a pink slip,†Ms. Greene told reporters on the steps of the Capitol.

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Both companies, along with other cannabis producers, have also given out pink slips to thousands of workers in an effort to cut costs as they continue to generate little to no profit.

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Oklahoma coach Brent Venables recently told OUNightlySports that he didn’t like the way Sanders gave “pink slips†en masse to the bulk of the players he inherited.

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Instead of blood flowing in the streets of bureaucratic Washington, what about a sea of pink slips?

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