Andy to Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoBring em backslrpnk.netimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-square@bstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year 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-squareInstigatelinkfedilink0•1 year 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.
You were simply transformed into a handyperson.
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.