(noun) A term for an employee, servant, or slave whose primary
responsibility is to fetch items and bring them back to his or her
boss, master, or owner. Formed by contraction of the
words "go for". As in: "Go for coffee, go for doughnuts, go for whatever we need you damn 'gofer'."
"I sent my gofer for coffee over
twenty minutes ago. If he doesn't get back
soon, I'
m dropping his health care benefits!"