pink slip

noun

: a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated

pink-slip transitive verb

Examples of pink slip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those accused became social outcasts, leading to eviction notices from landlords, pink slips, club membership revocation and divorces. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

If the only reward for mastering an AI workflow is a higher performance quota or an impending pink slip, workers will quietly slow-roll, sandbag and sabotage the transition. — Jason Dressel, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

In the first major restructuring move of Byron Allen‘s ownership tenure, BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Tasty are set to undergo a significant round of layoffs, with some 180 staffers to be given pink slips, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 27 July 2026

The program was cut as the city navigated a $66 million budget shortfall, most of which was balanced by eliminating around 100 vacant positions, issuing a few pink slips, raising fees and cutting spending on homelessness. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pink slip

• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip
• flagship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship
• lightship