"cow-orker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cow-orkers [plural]
Etymology: Deliberate corruption of co-worker, perhaps in imitation of pronunciation errors in early text-to-speech software. Etymology templates: {{m|en|co-worker}} co-worker Head templates: {{en-noun}} cow-orker (plural cow-orkers)
  1. (humorous) co-worker Tags: humorous Synonyms: cow orker
    Sense id: en-cow-orker-en-noun-JNzN2wij Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989, Charles Anderson, “Re: Words (mundane)”, in alt.sca (Usenet)",
          "text": "The above quote has been rated as gross, digusting, and tacky by my cow-orkers at work...are you a cow orker?",
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          "text": "1998, cluelessnewbie, Re: I give up on alt.slack, alt.slack, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.slack/msg/2e925ed61ecb16d0?dmode=source&hl=en\nAt 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."
        },
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          "ref": "2006, Richard Bos, “Re: Casting malloc (was: Reading a string of unknown size)”, in comp.lang.c (Usenet)",
          "text": "You must be a popular cow-orker.",
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