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microserf¹

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Blend of Microsoft + serf. Probably coined by Douglas Coupland in his 1995 novel Microserfs, which chronicles the lives of coders who work for Microsoft.

noun microserfs · Microserf

  1. A person working for Microsoft in a low-level position.
  2. A person working in a low-paid service industry position using information technologies, usually with only basic qualifications, unable to move to a higher-paid position.

Microserf²

noun Microserfs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of microserf

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"microserf." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/microserf. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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microserf. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/microserf

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"microserf." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/microserf.

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@misc{microserf_2026,
  title = {microserf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/microserf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}