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cow-orker en · NOUN

Etymology

Deliberate corruption of co-worker, perhaps in imitation of pronunciation errors in early text-to-speech software.

Meanings

1. (humorous) co-worker
   • The above quote has been rated as gross, digusting,^([sic]) and tacky by my cow-orkers at work...are you a cow orker? 1989, Charles Anderson, “Re: Words (mundane)”, in alt.sca (Usenet):
   • 1998, cluelessnewbie, Re: I give up on alt.slack, alt.slack, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.slack/msg/2e925ed61ecb16d0?dmode=source&hl=en 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.
   • You must be a popular cow-orker. 2006, Richard Bos, “Re: Casting malloc (was: Reading a string of unknown size)”, in comp.lang.c (Usenet):

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