(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!"