A pink slip must be given to an employee who is terminated while under contract and is part of a collective bargain agreement or a union. Although not legally required in most circumstances, many employers decide to issue a pink slip to formalize the employeeâs termination.
A pedestrian crossing (British English) or crosswalk (American English) is a place designated for pedestrians to cross a road. Crosswalks are designed to keep pedestrians together where they can be seen by motorists, and where they can cross most safely across the flow of vehicular traffic.
1960s; earliest use found in Manual Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Shortened from pedestrian crossing (as graphic abbreviation); compare ped and the use of x to represent the word cross at X and in graphic abbreviations for place names, such as Charing X for Charing Cross, King's X for King's Cross, etc.