» For the gridiron football term, see quarterback sack Sacked is a chiefly British slang term for being dismissed (fired) from a job. It also is a term used for describing a car's suspension, the condition of a quarterback tackled behind the line of scrimmage while attempting a pass in American and Canadian football, and is also North American slang for being kicked in the testicles. The phrase was current in 17th-century France and was said of a servant or worker who had been dismissed by thei… (More on Sacked)