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A gofer, go-fer or gopher / ˈ ɡ oʊ f ər / is an employee who specializes in the delivery of special items to their superior(s). Examples of these special items include a cup of coffee, a tool, a tailored suit, or a car.
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. [6] A typical pocket gopher
The University of Minnesota mascot is the gopher, [8] a gofer is an assistant who "goes for" things, and a gopher burrows through the ground to reach a desired ...
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
Noah's Ark by Edward Hicks, 1846.Genesis 6:14 says that Noah's Ark was constructed from gopher wood.. Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible, to describe the material used to construct Noah's Ark.
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; ... Gofer may also refer to: Gofer (programming language), educational version of Haskell;
Gofer (Good for equational reasoning) is an implementation of the programming language Haskell intended for educational purposes and supporting a language based on version 1.2 of the Haskell report. It was replaced by Hugs .
The word goofer in goofer dust has Kongo origins and comes from the Kikongo word Kufwa which means "to die." [1] Among older Hoodoo practitioners, this derivation is very clear, because "Goofer" is not only used as an adjective modifying "dust" but also a verb ("He goofered that man") and a noun ("She put a goofer on him").