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Gofer may also refer to a junior member of an organisation who generally receive the most vexing and thankless work. Law firms with a top-heavy management structure, having not enough junior lawyers to take care of menial yet necessary tasks, can be referred to as having "too many loafers and not enough gophers ".
The origin of the word "gopher" is uncertain; the French gaufre, meaning waffle, has been suggested, on account of the gopher tunnels resembling the honeycomb-like pattern of holes in a waffle; [5] another suggestion is that the word is of Muskogean origin.
A gofer is an errand runner. Gofer may also refer to: Gofer (programming language), educational version of Haskell; GOFER, mnemonic device for a decision-making method;
Torreya taxifolia, commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar, but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood, is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family, Taxaceae.
A dogsbody, dog's body, or less commonly dog robber is someone who does menial or drudge work. [1] Originally, in the British Royal Navy, a dogsbody was a semi-sarcastic colloquialism for a junior officer or midshipman. [1]
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Gophers!, a British children's television programme "Gopher", real name Burl Smith, a character on TV show The Love Boat; Gopher (Winnie the Pooh), a character in Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise
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