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'''Pink slip''' refers to the [[United States|American]] practice, by a [[Human resource management|human resources]] department, of including a discharge notice in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of his or her [[Involuntary termination of employment|termination of employment]] or [[layoff]].<ref name="nyt">Prial, Frank J. |
'''Pink slip''' refers to the [[United States|American]] practice, by a [[Human resource management|human resources]] department, of including a discharge notice in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of his or her [[Involuntary termination of employment|termination of employment]] or [[layoff]].<ref name="nyt">Prial, Frank J. (1991-06-18). "Among Those Let Go, the Pink Slip Itself". ''The New York Times'', 18 June 1991. Retrieved on 2008-10-22 from https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5D8153FF93BA25755C0A967958260.</ref> |
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==Origin== |
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| ⚫ | The phrase most likely originated in [[vaudeville]]. When the United Booking Office (established in 1906) would issue a cancellation notice to an act, the notice was on a pink slip.<ref>"The Argot of Vaudeville Part I", ''The New York Times'', December 16, 1917, p. X7.</ref> Another possible etymology is that many applications (including termination papers) are done in [[Carbonless copy paper|triplicate]] form, with each copy on a different color of paper, one of which is typically pink. |
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The "pink slip" has become a [[metonymy|metonym]] for the termination of employment in general. According to an article in ''[[The New York Times]]'', the editors of the ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary|Random House Dictionary]]'' have dated the term to at least as early as 1910.{{fact}} |
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| ⚫ | The phrase most likely originated in [[vaudeville]]. When the United Booking Office (established in 1906) would issue a cancellation notice to an act, the notice was on a pink slip.<ref>"The Argot of Vaudeville Part I", ''The New York Times'', December 16, 1917, p. X7.</ref> Another possible etymology is that many applications (including termination papers) are done in [[Carbonless copy paper|triplicate]] form, with each copy on a different color of paper, one of which is typically pink.{{fact}} |
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| ⚫ | In the [[Chilly Willy]] cartoon, "little Televillian" Mr. Stoop tells Smedley that if he's disturbed while reading show scripts, he would be forced to pink slip him. Smedley indicates that he doesn't know the meaning of a "pink slip", so Mr. Stoop yells at him: " It means...you will be fired!"{{fact}} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[P45 (tax)|P45]] |
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*[[Red tape]] |
*[[Red tape]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:44, 4 October 2017
Pink slip refers to the American practice, by a human resources department, of including a discharge notice in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of his or her termination of employment or layoff.[1]
Origin
The "pink slip" has become a metonym for the termination of employment in general. According to an article in The New York Times, the editors of the Random House Dictionary have dated the term to at least as early as 1910.[citation needed]
The phrase most likely originated in vaudeville. When the United Booking Office (established in 1906) would issue a cancellation notice to an act, the notice was on a pink slip.[2] Another possible etymology is that many applications (including termination papers) are done in triplicate form, with each copy on a different color of paper, one of which is typically pink.[citation needed]
Usage
In the Chilly Willy cartoon, "little Televillian" Mr. Stoop tells Smedley that if he's disturbed while reading show scripts, he would be forced to pink slip him. Smedley indicates that he doesn't know the meaning of a "pink slip", so Mr. Stoop yells at him: " It means...you will be fired!"[citation needed]
In the UK and Ireland the equivalent of a pink slip is a P45; in Belgium the equivalent is known as a C4.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Prial, Frank J. (1991-06-18). "Among Those Let Go, the Pink Slip Itself". The New York Times, 18 June 1991. Retrieved on 2008-10-22 from https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5D8153FF93BA25755C0A967958260.
- ^ "The Argot of Vaudeville Part I", The New York Times, December 16, 1917, p. X7.
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