cow-orkerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Deliberate corruption of co-worker, perhaps in imitation of pronunciation errors in early text-to-speech software.

発音

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名詞

cow-orker (plural cow-orkers)

1. (humorous) co-worker
   • 1989, Charles Anderson, “Re: Words (mundane)”, in alt.sca‎ (Usenet):

     The above quote has been rated as gross, digusting, and tacky by my cow-orkers at work...are you a cow orker?

   • 1998, cluelessnewbie, Re: I give up on alt.slack, alt.slack, [2]

     At this point, my cow-orker got real pissed off and firmly and courageously said: Hey, as a result of channeling, I discovered I used to be a cow in a previous lifetime.

   • 2006, Richard Bos, “Re: Casting malloc (was: Reading a string of unknown size)”, in comp.lang.c‎ (Usenet):

     You must be a popular cow-orker.

Further reading

• Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (2003 December 29), “cow-orker”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

アナグラム

• Rockower

別の表記

• co-worker

語源

From co- +‎ worker.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌkəʊˈwɜː.kər/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌkoʊˈwɝː.kɚ/
• ハイフネーション: co‧wor‧ker

名詞

coworker (plural coworkers)

1. Somebody with whom one works.

   Synonyms: colleague, workmate; see also Thesaurus:associate

   He heard from a coworker that the company planned to merge those departments.

   • 1997, Albert Gore, Scott Adams, Businesslike Government:

     […] according to her coworker and carpooler, Bill Parker: […]

   • 2015 August 4, Diana Fiorentini et al., “Polyphenols as Modulators of Aquaporin Family in Health and Disease”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity‎, volume 2015, →DOI:

     Since spinal cord injury is associated with edema and changes in AQP4 expression, Ge and coworkers investigated the potential antiedema effect of epigallocatechin gallate and its underlying mechanism on a rat model of acute spinal cord injury.

2. (Internet slang, derogatory, attributive) A person in the lowest common denominator, especially regarding popular culture.

   Synonym: normie

   This is the most coworker movie I've ever seen.

派生語

• coworker music

アナグラム

• Rockower