cube farm

noun

slang
: an office in which employees work in cubicles

Examples of cube farm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Someday, children will be back in school, adolescents on college campuses, workers in cube farms and restaurants and retail stores, body-piercing shops, chandleries, bars. Sam Sifton, New York Times, 13 May 2020 Visualize a future where corporate cube farms, once filled with tired and depressed office workers, become modern co-working spaces reminiscent of 18th-century town squares. Justin Brady, Quartz, 21 Nov. 2019 After all, the abusive bosses, uncivil co-workers and tyrannical teammates who populate office cube farms are not all the same - and require different responses. Jena McGregor, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017 Whether they are set in cube farms or factories, the stories of workers’ struggles and triumphs will always have a place in the movies. Monica Castillo, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1997, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cube farm was in 1997

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“Cube farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cube%20farm. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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