workcest

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc

Middle English werk

English work

English incest

English -cest

English workcest

From work + -cest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

workcest (uncountable)

1. (slang) Romance or sexual activity between coworkers.
   • 2013 July 6, Dana Cass, “welcome to the anti-lifestyle blog”, in the anti-lifestyle blog‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 September 2020:

     I’ve committed every kind of violation: cradle robbery, workcest, castcest, dormcest, and dating a guy who dressed up like a robot for his senior picture in high school.

   • 2013 December 13, CollegeTimes Staff, “How Not To Destroy Your Reputation At The Office Work Party”, in CollegeTimes.com‎^[2], archived from the original on 24 April 2024:

     Workcest is a huge no no, things will never go back to their easy ways and all of a sudden your report that’s meant to be couriered to Belfast is taking snail mail… through Thailand.

   • 2014 October 31, doitforthed, “The Queen of Workcest”, in DO IT FOR THE D‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 September 2026:

     I didn’t know how what was or wasn’t appropriate when it came to working with guys and I also had no idea what workcest was, or how it was about to dominate my sex life.