What's an << orker >> and what does he/she do with cows?

[Ben Zimmer]

"Cow orker" is a very old joke on Usenet.

http://www.science.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/c/coworker.html

--bgz

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:40 AM, W Brewer wrote:
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> WB:  coworker = COW + ORKER.  Brain needs hyphen in there somewhere.

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