Pink Slip (Noun)
Meaning
Official notice that you have been fired from your job.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- She found the pink slip on her desk when she returned from lunch, effectively ending her six-year tenure at the company.
- He received a pink slip just a week before Christmas, making holiday shopping difficult for his family.
- After months of struggling to meet sales targets, she finally got the pink slip she had been dreading.
- The company decided to downsize and handed out pink slips to fifty employees on Friday afternoon.
- Losing his job in such a sudden manner, he felt humiliated as he walked out of the office clutching his pink slip.