Definitions

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  • noun Storage space on a ship.

Etymologies

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ship +‎ room

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Examples

  • Things were also fairly calm in the "shiproom" -- the conference room inside Microsoft's Redmond headquarters where the Windows team meets to discuss outstanding bugs and issues before executives ultimately sign off on that the code is final.

    CNET News.com 2009

  • Things were also fairly calm in the "shiproom" -- the conference room inside Microsoft's Redmond headquarters where the Windows team meets to discuss outstanding bugs and issues before executives ultimately sign off on that the code is final.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Ina was given a rare opportunity to hang out with the Windows Phone team, interview both executives and developers, sit in on "shiproom" meetings and generally observe the Herculean task of building a brand new phone operating system.

    Site Home 2010

  • Each day, members of the Windows team gather inside a "shiproom" to go over the bugs that remain, and to debate which of these can still be fixed in the days left until the product is declared finished.

    ZDNET.com.au 2009

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