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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A transparent bowl in which live fish are kept.
  2. n. Informal A place that is lacking in privacy.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small simple aquarium.
  2. n. A term describing a place or event of intense scrutiny. Enthusiastic sports cities are often said to place the players on their team in a "fishbowl" atmosphere.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
  2. n. a state of affairs in which you have no privacy

Examples

  • “Living in a fishbowl is a weird thing, even when you’re too little to really know what’s going on.”

    Reading Notes « Tales from the Reading Room

  • “A plan has been unveiled for a "fishbowl" - like by Valerie Conners | 10.13.08 | 3: 42 PM ET”

    World Hum

  • “Neil Bloom An area known as the fishbowl is surrounded by windows overlooking the Rock River and has become a favorite hang-out for employees.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Over the Border

  • “It's referred to as the "fishbowl" because of the concave translucent panels that form half of the wall space surrounding it.”

    The Wall Street Journal: The Heavyweights

  • “He's going to be in a place called the fishbowl (ph), where he'll be designated.”

    CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2008

  • “In the newsroom — called the fishbowl — are crammed three groups, compared by one dramatic industry type as the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds of network news.”

    Katie Go-Nightly

  • “Compared to Brookways, a fishbowl is a mountain retreat.”

    You Live Once

  • “The series has often been compared to a sandbox but I think a fishbowl is a more apt analogy for IV.”

    IGN PC

  • “Growing up in Geelong and living in Geelong, it's been known as a fishbowl community," Graham said.”

    FanHouse

  • “Mine was: "socmed doesn't have rules - it has religions - need 2 provide diff spaces 4 devotees of diff sects (inc agnostics)"This is nearly a direct quote (shortened for Twitter) of a statement made during the opening "fishbowl" session.”

    Social Media as Religion

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