Creative conference room name
May 3, 2019 1:11 PM Subscribe
There is a contest to name a conference room at work. It is a multi-purpose room. You were great at naming my work fitness challenge, so I have high expectations! It is a large biotech firm.
Must be 3 words or less.
I procrastinated and need an answer by 4 pm Pacific time. Thank you!
Call it the Centrifuge. Y'all go around and around and sometimes discover shit.
posted by seanmpuckett at 1:15 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 1:15 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
Tell us more about the room. The best names are the ones that are unexpectedly, weirdly apropos.
posted by amtho at 1:22 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by amtho at 1:22 PM on May 3, 2019
Yakkety shack
posted by Middlemarch at 1:22 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by Middlemarch at 1:22 PM on May 3, 2019
The Mitochondrion (it's the powerhouse of the cell).
posted by sleeping bear at 1:25 PM on May 3, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by sleeping bear at 1:25 PM on May 3, 2019 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: Literally anything safe for work is game!!! No theme. No other rooms have names on the site.
posted by gryphonlover at 1:28 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by gryphonlover at 1:28 PM on May 3, 2019
If it's a glass-walled room, or has large windows: The Observation Chamber.
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 1:28 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 1:28 PM on May 3, 2019
Response by poster: It is on the top floor, it would look out to the ocean if other buildings weren’t in the way. We are in north San Diego.
posted by gryphonlover at 1:29 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by gryphonlover at 1:29 PM on May 3, 2019
Multi-purpose? The Room of Requirement.
posted by kimdog at 1:35 PM on May 3, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by kimdog at 1:35 PM on May 3, 2019 [5 favorites]
I recently found out about a group of octopuses called the argonauts, which has maybe my favourite common name of any marine animal: the Paper Nautilus.
No matter what the room is used for, I guarantee you can find a way to make Paper Nautilus fit the theme.
posted by rollick at 1:36 PM on May 3, 2019 [3 favorites]
No matter what the room is used for, I guarantee you can find a way to make Paper Nautilus fit the theme.
posted by rollick at 1:36 PM on May 3, 2019 [3 favorites]
The Fishbowl
posted by lakersfan1222 at 1:40 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by lakersfan1222 at 1:40 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
I like kimdog's suggestion above.
In college there was a glass enclosed room we called the Fishbowl.
posted by lharmon at 1:40 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
In college there was a glass enclosed room we called the Fishbowl.
posted by lharmon at 1:40 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I mean, Roomy McConferenceface springs to mind...
posted by Mchelly at 1:40 PM on May 3, 2019 [13 favorites]
posted by Mchelly at 1:40 PM on May 3, 2019 [13 favorites]
Conference Schmonference
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 1:48 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 1:48 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Aerie
posted by Weeping_angel at 1:49 PM on May 3, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by Weeping_angel at 1:49 PM on May 3, 2019 [4 favorites]
Call it "Yeah screw those other buildings, amirite?"
posted by allkindsoftime at 1:49 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by allkindsoftime at 1:49 PM on May 3, 2019
Crow's Nest
posted by blackjack514 at 1:54 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by blackjack514 at 1:54 PM on May 3, 2019
This is boring but realistic: people will just end up calling it "the top floor conference room". So call it something simple like "Room A".
posted by Spacelegoman at 2:02 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by Spacelegoman at 2:02 PM on May 3, 2019
"In Use". Should lead to lots of fun conversations and scheduling mixups.
posted by JoeZydeco at 2:08 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by JoeZydeco at 2:08 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
Well, going with your whole Biotech theme:
Transitive Clustering Node, from Data Clustering in Life Sciences
or
Co-Occurence Probability Matrix, inspired by Progeny Clustering: A Method to Identify Biological Phenotypes
posted by seasparrow at 2:09 PM on May 3, 2019 [5 favorites]
Transitive Clustering Node, from Data Clustering in Life Sciences
or
Co-Occurence Probability Matrix, inspired by Progeny Clustering: A Method to Identify Biological Phenotypes
posted by seasparrow at 2:09 PM on May 3, 2019 [5 favorites]
Chamber of Secrets
That New Lunch Spot
Glass House
The Observation Tower
posted by ananci at 2:11 PM on May 3, 2019
That New Lunch Spot
Glass House
The Observation Tower
posted by ananci at 2:11 PM on May 3, 2019
The Leeloo Dallas Multi-Purpose Room
posted by kindall at 2:14 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by kindall at 2:14 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
Positive Trial Result
posted by rhizome at 2:18 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by rhizome at 2:18 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
Biotech, hmmm.
Cysteine chapel?
The swell cell?
posted by jeremias at 2:28 PM on May 3, 2019 [3 favorites]
Cysteine chapel?
The swell cell?
posted by jeremias at 2:28 PM on May 3, 2019 [3 favorites]
Best answer: "Looking for the Sea" or L4S
Obstructed Ocean View (we've got a meeting in the OOV room)
Sealab:2020 (or another number that's relevant maybe to your street address or the floor number)
Topfloor Meet Space (we've got a meeting in the TMS or TopFloorMS)
posted by hydra77 at 2:36 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
Obstructed Ocean View (we've got a meeting in the OOV room)
Sealab:2020 (or another number that's relevant maybe to your street address or the floor number)
Topfloor Meet Space (we've got a meeting in the TMS or TopFloorMS)
posted by hydra77 at 2:36 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Compass Rose
It covers the concept of direction and navigation, as well as being a sly reference to Western, Northern and Southern blotting.
Also I can easily imagine saying "The meeting is in the compass room" without embarrassment, which is an underrated criteria.
posted by rollick at 2:36 PM on May 3, 2019
It covers the concept of direction and navigation, as well as being a sly reference to Western, Northern and Southern blotting.
Also I can easily imagine saying "The meeting is in the compass room" without embarrassment, which is an underrated criteria.
posted by rollick at 2:36 PM on May 3, 2019
The Loft
posted by mochapickle at 2:42 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by mochapickle at 2:42 PM on May 3, 2019
A co-working space near me has a Thunderdome.
posted by teremala at 2:46 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by teremala at 2:46 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Panopticon
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 2:51 PM on May 3, 2019
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 2:51 PM on May 3, 2019
Ball Pit
Petri Dish
War Room
Rick's Café Américain
Sandbox
posted by tinker at 3:41 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
Petri Dish
War Room
Rick's Café Américain
Sandbox
posted by tinker at 3:41 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
Party Can
Devil Tina
Exclusive Bear
La Flumber
Unbridled Dave
Secret Sand
Killer the Butterfly
Pickle J Gator
I’m Repent
Evilish Kelly
Snuckles
Will Surprise
Zegafish Pete
Pat’s Quick Hat
- names by Janelle Shane
posted by moonmilk at 3:50 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
Devil Tina
Exclusive Bear
La Flumber
Unbridled Dave
Secret Sand
Killer the Butterfly
Pickle J Gator
I’m Repent
Evilish Kelly
Snuckles
Will Surprise
Zegafish Pete
Pat’s Quick Hat
- names by Janelle Shane
posted by moonmilk at 3:50 PM on May 3, 2019 [1 favorite]
Kaleidoscope
Council of Ten
Politburo
ROW Room
Cerebellum
Chiastic Conference Chamber
HippoCampus
Cortex is already taken, methinks.
posted by effluvia at 4:06 PM on May 3, 2019
Council of Ten
Politburo
ROW Room
Cerebellum
Chiastic Conference Chamber
HippoCampus
Cortex is already taken, methinks.
posted by effluvia at 4:06 PM on May 3, 2019
'In Vitro', that is.
posted by jamjam at 4:11 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by jamjam at 4:11 PM on May 3, 2019 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Thanks for the wonderful suggestions! I will report back with what won.
posted by gryphonlover at 4:12 PM on May 3, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by gryphonlover at 4:12 PM on May 3, 2019 [4 favorites]
For "In Vitro," I'd suggest shortening it to just "Vitro," because...where is the meeting going to be?
posted by rhizome at 10:52 PM on May 3, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 10:52 PM on May 3, 2019 [3 favorites]
The best names are descriptive when there's more than one room and people are trying to remember which is which. We have the Seahawk room, decorated with some football team accent colors and framed photos (not too much, though, tastefully done). One of the others is the Trophy room, which has this big trophy in it nobody remembers what it was for. But I can imagine exactly the room people are talking about when I get the invite, unlike the "301 conference room" or "(person's name) room", because of the visual memory effect.
posted by ctmf at 12:34 PM on May 4, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by ctmf at 12:34 PM on May 4, 2019 [1 favorite]
We have a double-wide mobile home on our roof configured as a big conference room, and lots of people call it "the cloud", which is fun to say. We're meeting in The Cloud.
posted by ctmf at 12:36 PM on May 4, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by ctmf at 12:36 PM on May 4, 2019 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: The winner is...Synergy Zone. Zzzzzzzzz. Wah wah.
posted by gryphonlover at 3:04 PM on May 6, 2019
posted by gryphonlover at 3:04 PM on May 6, 2019
The perfect place to monetize mission-critical e-markets.
posted by rhizome at 9:03 AM on May 8, 2019
posted by rhizome at 9:03 AM on May 8, 2019
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