firee
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
fire + -ee, by analogy with hiree.
Noun[edit]
firee (plural firees)
- A person who has been fired
- 1985 June 18, “If You're Fired, There's No Use Calling Us”, in Sacramento Bee[1], page AA8:
- We got a helluva response - at least 30 calls from angry 'firees' as far away as Petaluma.
- 1998 April 20, Katherine Bruce, “Getting fired -- it isn't the end of the world”, in Forbes[2], page 20:
- The final two instances look at a single dismissal through two different eyes: the fired and the firee.
- 2004 November 5, “Just lose it”, in Chicago Tribune RedEye[3], page 42:
- Early firees Bradford and Stacie J. returned, and the teams competed to see which could refurbish a house better to improve its value on the market.