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cow-orker

cow-orker

8.8
A way to call someone you work with as a joke
  • noun
  • /ˈkaʊˌwɜrkər/
  • Informal
translation icon : compañero de trabajo
  • Every Friday, our cow-orker brings in homemade cookies to share.

Examples

  • My cow-orker always makes everyone laugh with her witty jokes.

  • He introduced his new cow-orker to the rest of the office as a joke.

  • My favorite cow-orker always makes me laugh.

  • Did you see what my cow-orker did yesterday?

  • Every Friday, our cow-orker brings in homemade cookies to share.

  • He introduced his new cow-orker to the rest of the office as a joke.

  • My cow-orker always makes everyone laugh with her witty jokes.

Synonyms

colleague
vscow-orker
892 2.3

A person you work with at the same job or company

is the informal playful spelling rather than the usual formal word
fellow worker
vscow-orker
7 2.0

A person who works with you in the same company or team

is a humorous written variant of the normal form
workmate
vscow-orker
  • UK
2 2.2

A person who has a job at the same office or company as you

is a joking alternate spelling used in casual contexts
officemate
vscow-orker
  • Informal
1 3.5

A person who works in the same office as you

is the jocular spelling used instead of the standard term
compañero
vscow-orker
1 8.5

A person who works with you at the same place

is an English playful spelling used instead of that foreign term
co-worker
vscow-orker
1.8

A person who works with you in the same company or team

is a playful spelling used instead of the standard form
workfellow
vscow-orker
  • Archaic
5.1

A person who does the same job as you

is the playful spelling that replaces the usual written form

How Formal

associate
533 3.2
colleague
892 2.3
workmate
  • UK
2 2.2
cow-orker
  • Informal
8.8

Surface Forms

cow-orker singular
cow-orkers plural

Etymology

Cow-orker is a playful spelling of co-worker that replaces co- ('together') with cow, making a funny image of a cow doing office work. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a cow at the office, and that's why cow-orker is a joking way to say 'a person you work with'.