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

Statewright coached at Gateway for nine seasons, but was given a pink slip after going 4-18 in 2017-18. —Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026

School Board President Daryn Drum said the school board directed staff to limit the number of layoff notices, or pink slips, that are to be issued to teachers and classified support staff. —Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026

In past years, the council raised parking fees and slashed vacant positions instead of handing employees a pink slip. —Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026

Retirement incentives will be offered to some qualified administrators and pink slips will be sent to impacted staff in the coming months and layoffs taking effect at the end of the school year. —Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pink slip

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