Andy@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoBring em backfedia.ioimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1830arrow-down120
arrow-up1810arrow-down1imageBring em backfedia.ioAndy@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up24·8 months agoYou were simply transformed into a handyperson.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 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-up11·8 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.
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.