"You're fired!" is an informal exclamation commonly associated with an employer informing the employee of his or her involuntary termination of employment. The exclamation is popularly associated with the following people as their catch phrase: Fired and Firing redirect here. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...
Private Eye, a British satirical magazine, which has the editor use the phrase at the end articles spoofing lazy or repetitive journalism: (You're fired. Ed.)
Cosmo Spacely, the chief executive of Spacely Sprockets and boss to George Jetson, from The Jetsons. Usually said with much bluster whenever Mr. Spacely is really annoyed with his employee, and prefixed with "JETSON!!..."
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