n.
A contractor in a Third World country who recruits local programmers and shops them around to software companies in North America.
Example Citation:
"In San Francisco, contract programmers undercut by foreign body shoppers are waging a campaign to get immigration authorities to stop issuing short-term visas to foreign programmers."
— Leslie Helm, "Creating High-Tech Sweatshops," The Los Angeles Times
Categories:
New words. 2013.