cow orker

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(idea) by Jargon (2 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 6:19:20
courier = C = cowboy

cow orker n.

[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. There are plausible reports that it was in use on talk.bizarre as early as 1992. Compare hing, grilf, filk, newsfroup.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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