pink slip

noun
1.
notice of dismissal from one's job.
Origin
1910-15

pink-slip

[pingk-slip] /ˈpɪŋkˈslɪp/
verb (used with object), pink-slipped, pink-slipping.
1.
to dismiss from a job:
He will be pink-slipped next month.
Origin
1950-55
Examples from the web for pink slip
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  • There was always her with her lovely pregnant belly and her faith in me, and then there was me with my pink slip.
British Dictionary definitions for pink slip

pink slip

noun
1.
(US, informal) a notice of redundancy issued to an employee
Slang definitions & phrases for pink slip

pink slip

noun phrase
  1. A discharge notice; walking papers: All 1,300 employees got pink slips today (1915+)
  2. A legal certificate of car ownership; pink: I got the pink slip, daddy (1950s+ Hot rodders)
verb

: They had pink-slipped Hartz one brutal afternoon (1915+)

Related Terms

get the pink slip, give someone the pink slip