cow-orker

See also: coworker and co-worker

English

Alternative forms

cow orker

Etymology

Deliberate corruption of co-worker.

Noun

cow-orker (plural cow-orkers)

(derogatory, humorous) co-worker
- 1989, Charles Anderson, Re: Words (mundane), alt.sca,
  The above quote has been rated as gross, digusting, and tacky by my cow-orkers at work...are you a cow orker?
- 1998, cluelessnewbie, Re: I give up on alt.slack, alt.slack,
  At this point, my cow-orker got real pissed off and firmly and courageously said: Hey, as a result of channeling, I discovered I used to be a cow in a previous lifetime.
- 2006, Richard Bos, Re: Casting malloc (was: Reading a string of unknown size), comp.lang.c,
  You must be a popular cow-orker.

References

“cow-orker” in Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor, The Jargon File, version 4.4.7, 29 December 2003.

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