Giving the mitten

Posted by James Briggs on June 01, 2000

In 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.

• Mexican Stand-off Serdar Rifat 08/17/00
• Mitto mittere misi missum Bruce Kahl 06/02/00
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