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.

There are co-workers and cow-orkers. I work with both types. Many of the latter are parents and think that everything that their child produces is interesting.

I beg to differ.

It’s difficult to feign interest in baby poop just to foster good working relationships. I try, but I have my limits.

The rest of this post was edited for reasons of my own – one of which is a nice positive one. One of my co-workers (note spelling) is trying to quit smoking.

I’m an asthmatic non-smoker allergic to smoke, and I approved this message.