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2012-09-25 4:37 PM

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I had a strange thought when sitting at work today, why is a cubile called such?  Why not a squaricle?  It doesn't have a top so technically wouldn't it be more like an open box than a cube?  Yet if I referred to it as "my box" I would probably get in trouble with HR. 

Any thoughts? 



2012-09-25 4:39 PM
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Why is everything a debacle now? Why not fiasco? Or Screw-up?


2012-09-25 4:41 PM
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bradleyd3 - 2012-09-25 2:39 PM Why is everything a debacle now? Why not fiasco? Or Screw-up?

Or take the sports angle and call it a shellacking, trouncing, or rout? 

2012-09-25 4:59 PM
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Because in corporate world the following aren't all that appropriate:

hell hole

prison cell

nap area

internet surfing station

2012-09-25 5:11 PM
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This reminded me of something I read about cubicle prairie dogging and I lof lof lof...
2012-09-25 5:31 PM
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From wiki:

The term cubicle comes from the Latin cubiculum, for bed chamber. It was used in English as early as the 15th century. It eventually came to be used for small chambers of all sorts, and for small rooms or study spaces with partitions which do not reach to the ceiling.

Like the older carrel desk, a cubicle seeks to give a degree of privacy to the user while taking up minimal space in a large or medium sized room. Like the modular desk of the mid-20th century, it is composed of modular elements that can be arranged in various ways with standard hardware or custom fasteners, depending on the design. Installation is generally performed by professionals, although some cubicles allow configuration changes to be performed by users without specific training. Cubicles are configurable, allowing a variety of elements such as work surfaces, overhead bins, drawers, and such to be installed depending on the user's needs.

See, it's a bed chamber... haha 



2012-09-25 7:45 PM
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lkct01234 - 2012-09-24 5:59 PM

Because in corporate world the following aren't all that appropriate:

hell hole

prison cell

nap area

internet surfing station

 

Oh, they're not all so bad.... 

This is my cubicle:

 

 

 

It has a decent view:

 

And sometimes, folks just drop by! 

 

 

 

2012-09-25 9:39 PM
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At my place of employment, they were considering installing "officles" ...which I never understood but it sounded enough like "awful-cle" that it always reminded me of this scene from the movie Brazil...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS5WLkb_Cxk

2012-09-26 4:15 PM
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Veal pen.

Mine is maybe 6' w x 8' l and 5' h of blah tan fabric-covered fake walls.

2012-09-26 4:22 PM
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bfoyle - 2012-09-25 7:39 PM

At my place of employment, they were considering installing "officles" ...which I never understood but it sounded enough like "awful-cle" that it always reminded me of this scene from the movie Brazil...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS5WLkb_Cxk

"Sod it! It's broken..." Love that movie.

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