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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>cow orker</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="courier.html" title="courier"/><link rel="next" href="cowboy.html" title="cowboy"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">cow orker</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="courier.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cowboy.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="cow-orker"/><dt xmlns="" id="cow-orker"><b>cow orker</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker, widely used in Usenet,
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with perhaps a hint that orking cows is illegal. This term was popularized
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by Scott Adams (the creator of <a href="../D/Dilbert.html"><i class="glossterm">Dilbert</i></a>) but already
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appears in the January 1996 version of the
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<a href="../S/scary-devil-monastery.html"><i class="glossterm">scary devil monastery</i></a> FAQ, and has been traced back to a 1989
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<a href="../S/sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig block</i></a>. Compare <a href="../H/hing.html"><i class="glossterm">hing</i></a>,
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<a href="../G/grilf.html"><i class="glossterm">grilf</i></a>, <a href="../F/filk.html"><i class="glossterm">filk</i></a>,
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<a href="../N/newsfroup.html"><i class="glossterm">newsfroup</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="courier.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cowboy.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">courier </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> cowboy</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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