Hilarious. You know, somehow I knew it wasn't an accidental mispeling. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23 Oct 2009 at 16:54, Richard Stovall wrote: > >> Cool thanks. > > De nada ... > >> What's a cow-orker? Sounds suspiciously illegal for some reason.... > > cow-orker - Google Search > http://www.google.com/search?q=cow-orker > > The Jargon file tells it best: > > cow orker: n. > http://www.wiccat.net/jargon/html/C/cow-orker.html > > [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. > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > +-----------------------------------+ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >
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