Giving the mitten

Posted by James Briggs June 01, 2000In reply to Giving the mitten posted by Amanda Lovell on June 01, 2000

...or getting it, meaning to reject or, more specifically, fire someone. Anyone have any idea where this comes from?

No! But why do we say to "fire" someone? I have some thoughts, but I'll await others first.

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Mitto mittere misi missum Bruce Kahl 06/02/00
- Fired ESC 06/02/00
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