answers: most likely originated in vaudeville
context: collect unemployment benefits. Such tactics may amount to constructive dismissal, which is illegal in some jurisdictions. 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 their termination of employment or layoff. 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. The phrase most likely originated in vaudeville. When the United </s> much more variety of colours, including multi-coloured slips. Slips with a floral print design were also made available. Some of the most well known slip brand names of the past are: Lorraine, Dior, Velrose, Mel-Lin, Shadowline, Wonder Maid, Warner's, Kayser, Maidenform and Van Raalte. There are well established slip/lingerie manufacturers still in operation today such as Vanity Fair, Vassarette, and Sliperfection. Most of the slips made today are very plain, and are lacking in detail. Intricate decorations and lace designs are almost completely absent from modern day slips. Slips are not worn nearly as much as a few decades ago. </s> frilled edge of the flowers. The verb "to pink" dates from the 14th century and means "to decorate with a perforated or punched pattern" (possibly from German "picken", "to peck"). While the word "pink" was first used as a noun to refer to a color in the 17th century, the verb "pink" continues to be reflected today as the name of hand-held scissors that cut a zig-zagged line to prevent fraying that are referred to as pinking shears. The color pink has been described in literature since ancient times. In the "Odyssey", written in approximately 800 BCE, Homer wrote "Then,
question: where does the term pink slip come from