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    What is the origin of the term "get fired" as in: You might get fired if you go to work drunk?

    Question #55362. Asked by TommyBundok. (Feb 21 05 7:03 PM)


    gmackematix

    		If a bullet is fired it is propelled rapidly from the gun. I suppose the idea is that a fired person is similarly propelled out of their job.

    Feb 21 05, 7:45 PM
    ungar

    		Could it stem from the British punishment to Indian mutineers who wouldn`t handle the pig fat wrapped amunitions, ie they were tied to the barrels of cannon and " fired".

    Feb 22 05, 10:04 AM

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