<P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . 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 . </P> <P> 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!" </P> <P> In the UK and Ireland, the equivalent of a pink slip is a P45; in Belgium the equivalent is known as a C4 . </P>

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