Pink slip
WordNet
noun
(1) Official notice that you have been fired from your job
WiktionaryText
Noun
- notice of the termination of employment
- After 20 years of dedicated service to the firm, they simply handed him a pink slip one day.
- (U.S.) the title for an automobile (source is most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper, as opposed to most other states where the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate)
- (New South Wales) an automobile roadworthiness inspection certificate
Related terms
- green slip
- P45 - UK and Irish equivalent for termination of employment.