cow orker

[Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker, widely used in Usenet, with perhaps a hint that orking cows is illegal. This term was popularized by Scott Adams (the creator of {Dilbert}) but already appears in the January 1996 version of the {scary devil monastery} FAQ, and has been traced back to a 1989 {sig block}. Compare {hing}, {grilf}, {filk}, {newsfroup}.

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