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I've lived 22 years of my life in the UK and 12 in North America and never heard of this before so I don't think it can be particularly common. I've heard of be
by ajeet_dhaliwal 9y ago
I've lived 22 years of my life in the UK and 12 in North America and never heard of this before so I don't think it can be particularly common. I've heard of being 'laid off', 'fired', 'let go', 'terminated', 'made redundant', 'purged', but never this. Based on this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashiering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashiering it might be a military way of saying it so perhaps the poster has some background in that field.
- abritinthebay 9y agoThat would make a lot of sense
- schoen 9y agoThat's quite possible. I feel like The Economist also uses it, but maybe they're trying to cultivate a retro aesthetic. :-)
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- acchow 9y agoI have never heard the usage of this word - I assumed the commenter was inventing a probably-understandable, slightly humorous usage on the fly which I've found to be a fairly common habit among ultra-intelligent people.