COW ORKER

Domain	Definition
Computing	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. Source: Jargon File.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Cow orker

A 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 Usenet as early as 1989.[1] Compare hing, grilf, filk, newsfroup.

This article (or an earlier version of it) is from the Jargon file. Used by permission.

Anagrams: COW ORKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: coworker.
	Words within the letters "c-e-k-o-o-r-r-w"
	-2 letters: cooker, corker, crower, recook, recork, rework, rocker, worker.
	-3 letters: cooer, corer, cower, crook, crore, ocker, rower, wooer, wreck.
	-4 letters: cero, coke, cook, core, cork, crew, crow, kore, reck, rock, rook, woke, wore, work.
	-5 letters: coo, cor, cow, err, kor, oke, orc, ore, owe, rec, roc, roe, row, woe, wok, woo.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-k-o-o-r-r-w"
	+1 letter: coworkers, workforce.
	+2 letters: dockworker, workforces.
	+3 letters: dockworkers.
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