# Ordering a margarita machine sub rosa **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728 "2012-01-16T20:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/1 "2012-01-16T20:34:39Z")
My coworkers and I have determined we really must have a margarita machine for our department in order to maintain our cheerful dispositions in the face of demanding users, corporate restructuring, and other detrimental conditions. The problem of course is that we can’t exactly put ‘margarita machine’ on a PO and expect it to get past the PTBs. The solution is obvious, come up with a technobabble name for said nectar dispenser that sounds impressive enough to slide through the system with nary a hiccup. The best we’ve come up with so far is “sub-thermic hydrotherapy appliance”. Anyone else out there have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/2 "2012-01-16T21:12:46Z")
It’s a coffee maker…maker. The effect should kick in the next morning, by my estimate. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/3 "2012-01-16T21:33:46Z")
Low-temperature ethanol centrifuge. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/4 "2012-01-16T21:37:28Z")
Liquid-state biochemical titration automation system. 🙂 You do biochemistry, right? ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/5 "2012-01-16T21:39:52Z")
My office is proposed putting in a requisition for a “slushy machine” with the same idea. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/6 "2012-01-16T22:12:39Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Liquid-state biochemical titration automation system. 🙂 > > You do biochemistry, right? We’re the IT department for a large-ish medical facility. So anything sounding Computer/Medical is definately a contender. ETA: Bonus points for cool acronym. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/7 "2012-01-16T22:56:48Z")
Acronyms, eh? Liquid-state Altered Biochemical TITration System: LABTITS. Because it can possibly involve milk. 😃 What? :: looks up “margarita” :: Oh, sorry. For some reason I had coffee-oriented beverages in my mind. This sounds like it calls for citrus. Let me think. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/8 "2012-01-17T00:08:43Z")
Okay, I’ve got one: Cooling device and TABR distribution system. TABR, of course, stands for **T** asty **A** lcoholic **B** everage & **R** elaxation. Just put ‘network’ somewhere in there and you’re golden! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/9 "2012-01-17T00:18:38Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Just put ‘network’ somewhere in there and you’re golden! But if you put ‘network’ in there, people will start thinking of [Hyper-Text Coffee-Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP)](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt). The should be some way of indicating that it’s a controller and modifier of ethanol and acidic liquids. Perhaps this might involve the word ‘distributed’. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/10 "2012-01-17T00:23:01Z")
Clearly you need janitorial supplies. Call it a Floor Buffetizer. Also suitable for cheap sandal repair and treatment of minor foot lacerations. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/11 "2012-01-17T01:01:44Z")
Put “Frozen Margarita Machine” and when they ask you about it, laugh and say it is really for a Ocilating Transceiver SubMicrotizer and you didn’t think they would let you have that even though it would speed up the network by %15. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/12 "2012-01-17T01:37:31Z")
Except on Fridays. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/13 "2012-01-17T15:55:39Z")
I’m liking what I’m seeing here. A nice collection of buzzwords that I’m sure we can come up with a name from. ethanol centrifuge Liquid-state biochemical titration automation We did actually consider slushy machine. Just don’t want other departments asking to borrow it. TABR distribution system is promising HTCPCP was good for a LOL. Forwarded that to networking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728/14 "2012-01-17T16:42:59Z")
Use the word “smoothie” rather than “slushy”, and claim it’s part of the workplace health initiative. You don’t have to elaborate that it’s for your emotional health rather than physical.