If a particular mason had done something really bad (either to his colleagues or, more likely, to the stone he was working on) then, sometimes the employers would burn his tools. I was told by an elderly Scotsman that both hose terms came about through the employment of Stone masons. I’ve recently heard a definition that both explains the words ‘Sack’ and to ‘Fire’ someone, though I appreciate this may not be possible to trace the written words back via books such as The OED, but the story does seem to make a little sense. On the definition of the word ‘Fire’, as in to make someone unemployed, sack them from their job etc. OK, that’s not very funny now, but give it time. But I can’t help seeing the word and thinking of the common use of “redundant” to mean “unnecessarily duplicative.” Yes, you’ve lost your job, but the clone we made of you still has his because we can pay him in bottle caps. Theoretically, workers become “redundant” (in the basic sense of “unnecessary”) when a business is reorganized and their jobs cease to exist. It’s certainly not as creepy as the British invention “made redundant,” dating back to the early 20th century. “Let go” in this sense is an extension of the phrase “let go,” first appearing in the 14th century, meaning “to allow to escape to set at liberty.” Of course, involuntarily losing one’s job is hardly an “escape,” and few of the unemployed would confuse their condition with “liberty,” but, as euphemisms go, it’s not bad.
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“Let go” is a much gentler euphemistic term for “to dismiss from employment” dating back to 1871 (“If he decides to let you go,?you must abide by your bargain, and go honourably to look for labour elsewhere”). But the “cannon” kind of “firing” did originally refer to setting gunpowder on fire, and the explosive imagery inherent in the term accounts for its use for the “get out and don’t come back” species of job separation. Behind this sense of “to fire” is the metaphor of “firing” a projectile from a gun or cannon, not setting the unwanted employee alight. ? the practice is persisted in, then they should be fired out,” 1885).
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“Fire” first appeared in this sense (developed from a broader sense of “to eject or expel forcefully”) in the 1880s, and was commonly used at first with “out” (“If. Being “fired” isn’t being told that your cushy gig will, regretfully, end a week from Friday being “fired” is when two beefy security guards frog-march you to the door. The simplest and least-tactful term in common usage today is probably “fired,” which manages to convey both gut-churning finality and a severance package of undisguised hostility. But people have been getting canned since they started getting hired, so we’ve had plenty of time to develop a large number of words and phrases to describe that moment when the Big Enchilada tells you to clean out your desk. Hoodathunkit, right?īreaking up is hard to do, especially when the rupture is between you and the job that pays for the roof over your head.
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It later turned out that the guy had a desk full of Peruvian marching powder and a drinking problem. And he didn’t actually seem to know anybody’s name or job title, so none of the screaming even made sense.
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No one was allowed to say anything, go to the bathroom, or breathe. He used to call everyone into a conference room about once a month and literally scream abuse at us for a full hour. It also reminds me of a supervisor I once had. The short answer is “no,” although with a little work that rope thing might make an interesting metaphor for the current economic climate. Picture a cross between Fred Flintstone and Tony Soprano, minus the charm.ĭear Word Detective: When people lose their jobs, why do we say they are “fired”? Why do we say “let go”? Were workers tied together, then the rope cut? Or worse, was the rope set on fire? - Hardycat.