| 词汇 | pink slip |
| 词源 | pink slip. No one knows why pink slip is synonymous with the discharge notice a worker gets when he is fired. The best guess is that the term originated in the late 19th to early 20th century when some unknown company issued pink slips to discharge employees; perhaps the practice then spread to other companies. |
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