CUBE FARM

cube farm: translation

cube farm ˈcube farm also ˈcubicle farm noun [countable] informal disapproving OFFICE

an office filled with many cubicles

cube farm UK US noun [C] INFORMAL

► WORKPLACE a large office that is divided into cubicles (= small work areas): »

Down on the cube farm, things are pretty much same as ever.

cube farm: translation

n.

A collection of cubicles in an office.

"The beloved Cube Farm began to crop up on our office landscape in the 1970s with what Haworth design manager Jeff Reuschel calls a 'noble purpose': replacing the 'bullpens full of desks' that were the norm back then with 'a more flexible, fluid solution."

— Dale Fuchs, "The OK Work Corral; New Breeds of Cubicles Keep Coming," The Commercial Appeal

This word appeared originally in Gareth Branwyn's Jargon Watch column (Wired magazine).

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