firee
English
Etymology
fire + -ee, by analogy with hiree.
Noun
firee (plural firees)
- A person who has been fired
- 1985, June 18, If You're Fired, There's No Use Calling Us, page AA8:
- We got a helluva response - at least 30 calls from angry 'firees' as far away as Petaluma.
- 1998, April 20, “Katherine Bruce”, in Getting fired -- it isn't the end of the world, 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, 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.
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Synonyms
- fired
Coordinate terms
- firer
Related terms
- hiree
Anagrams
- ferie, ifere