Andy@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoBring em backfedia.ioimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1823arrow-down119
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minus-squarebstixlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·9 months agoIt wasn’t the same as a handyman. The title “useful man” was for a servant who’d never actually serve the master. Today it’d be a “runner” or some kind of “assistant to the assistant”
minus-squareInstigate@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoHoly shit, is this why lowly assistants are colloquially called gophers?!? I never drew the connection. Sometime we just take weird words or phrases for granted without thinking about their etymology.
It wasn’t the same as a handyman. The title “useful man” was for a servant who’d never actually serve the master.
Today it’d be a “runner” or some kind of “assistant to the assistant”
A Go-fer
Holy shit, is this why lowly assistants are colloquially called gophers?!? I never drew the connection. Sometime we just take weird words or phrases for granted without thinking about their etymology.
TIL, thanks.