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by jlgaddis 2960 days ago
cow orker: n. alternatively: 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 seems to have originated earlier in a 1997 ScaryDevilMonastery.

-- http://wiki.c2.com/?CowOrker