pink slip

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pink slip
    n 1: official notice that you have been fired from your job
         [syn: {dismissal}, {dismission}, {pink slip}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "pink slip":
      cashiering, conge, deposal, discharge, disemployment, dismissal,
      displacing, drumming out, firing, forced separation, furloughing,
      layoff, removal, retirement, surplusing, suspension, the ax,
      the boot, the bounce, the gate, the sack, ticket, walking papers