pink slip

noun

: a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated
pink-slip transitive verb

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But a consulting firm that tracks pink slips noted a big surge in layoff notices. NPR, 7 Nov. 2025 But another 1,000 pink slips are expected globally in the second round. Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025 Reuters said the cuts would represent the largest round of layoffs at Amazon since some 27,000 jobs were eliminated starting in late 2022, and that managers are undergoing training Monday on communicating with staff ahead of pink slips that will begin to hit email inboxes Tuesday morning. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025 Brian Kelly became the latest college football coach to get a pink slip before the 2025 season’s end. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pink slip

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pink slip was in 1904

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“Pink slip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pink%20slip. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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