cans
Fires from employment
Cans is the plural of can—metal containers for food, beverages, or other goods: a six-pack of cans, recycling the cans.
In slang, cans refers to headphones (from their shape over the ears), breasts, or buttocks: nice cans.
To get canned is to be fired from a job.
Element fifty, Sn
- aluminumElement thirteen
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- lidRemovable container cover
pull-tab · opener · stackable · sealed · airtight · dented · crushed · empty
Carbonated soft drink
- popFizzy drink, regionally
- colaCaffeinated carbonated beverage
- beerFermented grain drink
- aleWarm-fermented malt drink
lager · fizz · carbonation · drink · six-pack · cooler · vending · convenience
Terminated from employment
- sackedDismissed from a job
- terminatedBrought to an end
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- axedAbruptly dismissed
Red fleshy fruits
soup · vegetables · fruit · sardines · spam · chickpeas · broth · condensed
Element thirteen
- crusherDevice reducing solids smaller
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- sortingArranging into sequence
scrap · collection · bin · curbside · recyclable · baled · melted · reprocessed
tin
Element fifty, Sn
- aluminumElement thirteen
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
lid · pull-tab · opener · stackable · sealed · airtight · dented · crushed · empty · recycle
soda
Carbonated soft drink
ale · lager · fizz · carbonation · drink · six-pack · cooler · vending · convenience · tonic
fired
Terminated from employment
- sackedDismissed from a job
- terminatedBrought to an end
- laid-offTerminated from employment
axed · dismissed · unemployment · severance
tomatoes
Red fleshy fruits
tuna · soup · vegetables · fruit · sardines · spam · chickpeas · broth · condensed · evaporated
aluminum
Element thirteen
- crusherDevice reducing solids smaller
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- depositPlace for safekeeping
sorting · scrap · collection · bin · curbside · recyclable · baled · melted · reprocessed · sustainability
toilet
Waste disposal fixture
earbuds
Tiny insertable audio devices
- earphonesWearable audio transducers
- headsetWearable audio device
- noise-cancellingActively suppressing ambient audio
wireless · over-ear · audio · listening · music · podcast · portable · commute · gym · beats
- goodsconsumer goods, groceries, clothing, electronics, food
- manufactured goodsautomobiles, appliances, auto parts, cars, trucks
- beach cleanuptrash bags, volunteers, litter, debris, plastic bottles
- beach debrisdriftwood, seashells, shells, marine debris, wreckage
- clutterclutter, junk, mess, stuff, debris
- containersbag, bags, box, boxes, bottle
- can't waitEager anticipation expressed
- trash canContainer for refuse
- I can'tExpression of inability
- can't standStrongly dislike, find intolerable
- garbage canContainer for refuse
- can openerTool for accessing canned goods
can, canned, cannot, canning, uncanny, can't, recant, decant, canner