dickens A euphemistic word for the devil or Satan, common in such exclamations as why the dickens and what the dickens. The derivation of this slang term is not known although it has been in use since the time of Shakespeare. Dickens is also used in mild imprecations such as the dickens take you, raise the dickens, and go to the dickens. To play the dickens means to be mischievous, or to instigate or stir up trouble and confusion.
dip into the blue To tell an off-color story; to speak of the erotic or obscene. Blue ‘lewd, obscene, indelicate, offensive’ has been in use since at least as early as the mid-19th century. Dip into the blue is a picturesque but rarely heard euphemism.
locker-room talk Vulgar ribaldry; obscene, scurrilous, or vile language; also, bathroom talk. This expression derives from the lewd conversations that males purportedly indulge in when in the confines of a locker-room or bathroom.
swear like a trooper To use extremely profane language. This simile, dating from the late 18th century, derives from the language reputedly used by British soldiers. It has become almost a cliché that the language of men in exclusively male company, e.g., soldiers and athletes, is riddled with profanities
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In most cases, when an employer ends the employment of an employee who has been continuously employed for three months, the employer must provide the employee with either written notice of termination, termination pay or a combination (as long as the notice and the number of weeks of termination pay together equal the length of notice the employee is entitled to receive).
The ESA does not require an employer to give an employee a reason why his or her employment is being terminated. There are, however, some situations where an employer cannot terminate an employee’s employment even if the employer is prepared to give proper written notice or termination pay. For example, an employer cannot end someone’s employment, or penalize them in any other way, if any part of the reason for the termination of employment is based on the employee asking questions about the ESA or exercising a right under the ESA, such as refusing to work in excess of the daily or weekly hours of work maximums, or taking a leave of absence specified in the ESA. Please see the chapter on reprisals.
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