pink-slippedadj.

Brit.

/pɪŋkˈslɪpt/, U.S.

/ˌpɪŋkˈslɪpt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pink slip v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < pink slip v. + -ed suffix¹.

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).

That has been dismissed from employment or office.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > dismissing or discharging > dismissed or discharged

discarded1631

time-expired1822

paid-off1894

sacked1934

pink-slipped1957

1957 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 24 Mar. 4 Dorothy Collins and Raymond Scott, exiting from the Hit Parade with the rest of the pink-slipped cast.

1977 Newsweek (Nexis) 21 Nov. 48 ‘He doesn't know what is being eliminated,’ Smiley says, alluding to a pink-slipped spy.

2001 Computing (Nexis) 2 Aug. 20 Another pink-slipped worker sent risque emails..to everyone at the high-tech company where he had worked.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pink-slipped
释义	pink-slippedadj. Brit. /pɪŋkˈslɪpt/, U.S. /ˌpɪŋkˈslɪpt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pink slip v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < pink slip v. + -ed suffix¹. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). That has been dismissed from employment or office. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > dismissing or discharging > dismissed or discharged discarded1631 time-expired1822 paid-off1894 sacked1934 pink-slipped1957 1957 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 24 Mar. 4 Dorothy Collins and Raymond Scott, exiting from the Hit Parade with the rest of the pink-slipped cast. 1977 Newsweek (Nexis) 21 Nov. 48 ‘He doesn't know what is being eliminated,’ Smiley says, alluding to a pink-slipped spy. 2001 Computing (Nexis) 2 Aug. 20 Another pink-slipped worker sent risque emails..to everyone at the high-tech company where he had worked. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1957
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