When a lawyer is cast out from the profession, he's disbarred.
When a clergyman is cast out from the profession, he's defrocked.

But surely we can do better, for all sorts of of occupations? Puns required, of course.

The lawyer was debriefed.
The podiatrist was defeated.
When the Handsome Prince kissed Sleeping Beauty, she was disenchanted.

(Or should I say, cross-threadingly, "When the Prandsome Hintz kissed Bleeping Sooty ..." )

The artist was depicted, and his model was denuded, poor girl.
Julia Child was deranged.

Shufitz, the gal was not only denuded, she was also deposed.
The tailor was depleted.
And Beethoven decomposed in his grave. [old joke]

They forced the king from office, for unruly behavior.
When the groom left the woman standing at the altar, she was debrided.

These are fun!

Am I decent because I don't have any money?

My poor cat was in an accident and was detailed.

So Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's would be disenfranchised?

And a priest would disrobe? But they've been doing that for years, evidently. Hmm.

Would an electrician be delighted to be fired?

So who would be disabled? An counselor? The cable guy?


Would firing a tailor be disarming?

And the SF streetcar operator - he'd be disinclined.

Calves are often delivered.

When the man went away he was denied (being no longer nigh). If he returns, will he be renied?

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Well, if you think dinner by candle is romantic, then when the power fails you would indeed be delighted!

When the misbehaving student's mark was lowered because of his shameful behavior, he was degraded.

When the Prophet was worshipped as a god because at last there was no longer any uncertainty or alternative, he was deified. (Durn. "Apotheosis" would have been a nice anagram, and here I've gone and squandered it.)

These work best when both potential meanings could be appropriate!

When the HVAC man removed the airways that hadn't been ordered, the customer was given a deduction.

(Didn't we have a "dis-" thread along these lines not too long ago?!)

Deja vu: I see the Berlin native has withdrawn his assent all over again...

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When Siegfried and Roy stop working they will be disillusioned.

And Haberdasher . . . will you one day be decapitated?

It's good that you said "decapitated" and not "DECAPITATED" ...

Oh, and if a lady is pestered by a dirty old man, what detergent should she use?

How can a suave polluter from Quebec be debonair?

So maybe the well-endowed secretary will stop sorting out all the pages to the reports because of her decolletage.

The pianist was denoted, the fisherman debated, and the perfumer desensitized* and treated indecently.

*de[scent]sitized.

Remember the title of this thread? "If you're fired, you're..."

Well, if you really want your job back, you're going to have to show your determination.

When the farmer couldn't make his payments on time, his critics not only impugned his reputation, they also repossessed his machinery. He certainly had his detractors!

And the window builder who was defenestrated.

The plywood maker was not just eliminated, but delaminated.

If a charismatic - nay, an imflammatory speaker convinces you to abandon your plans for inciting apocalyptic war in the Middle East...have you been subjected to demagoguery?

In the old days of ships of mast and sail, an experienced sailor was said to 'know the ropes'. But when his mind began to lapse and his knowledge slip away, he was very dangerous to the entire crew.

They would quietly retire him from his task, and he would then be de rigueur.

When Sammy Davis, Jr. (the Candyman) retired, he was delicious.

When a baseball player is fired is he demitted?

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Whew, Hab, I had to think REALLY hard to get that one!

The Portland, Oregon suburb of Gresham is known for being chock full of christians. But what's the phone prefix in Gresham? None other than 666!

The number of syllables in the three lines of a Haiku ... five in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third.

Telephone prefix for the town of Haiku, Hawaii: 575.

Unemployed cowboys .. have they been deranged ??

Stenographers are described; accountants disfigured; fishermen debated.

Has anyone mentioned yet that all politicians should be devoted?

Oops--missed Hic et ubique's fishermen, who had already been debated. I'll try to make up for it:

The artilleryman was debunked, and the sheet metal worker deducted.

And the gambler who was deduced. (OK, so it's spelled wrong, so sue me!

Hey, Rose, you're good at this! Great to see another webfoot here! (Well, OK, so it's freezing rain right now...)

And the gradner who was supplanted'.

Warm welcome to you, Rose Núñez.

Far be it from me to ask if you've been deflowered.

~~~ jerry

Thanks for the welcomes! Being neither "Crazy" nor fond of swearing I'll decline to discuss my own condition. (But my garden is certainly deflowered at the moment, what with all this iciness--drive carefully, Asa).

Wasn't the theorist deposited, and the philosopher exhumed?

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The tiresome complainer whose every wish was granted was derailed. (Or was that the pneumonia patient who was cured?)

Derailed? Nooooo, Hab, that was the ornithologist who lost one of his waterfowl.

When the Society for Creative Anachronism was disbanded they suffered depredation.

When the electric utility failed they degenerated.

When the geneticists figured out the human genome they deoxyrybonucleated.

Welcome, Rose! I've seen you on OEDILF, from time to time. Great to see you here too!

My this thread is catching on!

I had better iron my husband's shirts and decrease them (or...maybe he should do it himself!)

Hello there, Rose from the City of Roses!

Haberdasher notes, "Well, if you really want your job back, you're going to have to show your determination." Or in the case of a milliner, you'd want to be recapitulated and recaptured.

Arnie muses, "When a baseball player is fired is he demitted?" It depends on the player. When the Yankees lost one great slugger they were ruthless; when they lost another decades later they were dismantled. (Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle, for the benefit of non-USns.)

If an ingenue gets clued-in, does she bcome disengenuous?

Who would end up decided . . . someone who works for the courts, or maybe the baseball coach?

If you take away a dung beetle's ball of dung, is he deturd?

*blushing* Has a castratos been decocted?

And the choir leader decanted?

Would an animal become deferred?

Rose, I like your picture!

What happened to yours, CW?

Is something old denude?

As more and more libraries close for lack of funds or lack of interest, are the Librarians Dewey-decimated ?

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Gosh, I thought Castrati was a famous Italian countertenor!

If you're a genealogical researcher, are you delineated?

If you're a 200-year-old chemist, are you dephlogisticated?

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, are the Librarians Dewey-decimated ?

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I thought that was someone named Dewey with ten spouses. Maybe it was Admiral Dewey, which would account for his staying at sea...