[vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name?

[Chris Fala]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The
> XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
>
> Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
>
> If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
>
> I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of
> course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
>
> Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a
> hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if
> we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
>
> It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue
> our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer
> Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer...
> Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
>
> Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread
> with the smart-assery.)
>
> I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should
> just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical
> space.
>


Not claiming that many of these are "good", just brainstorming. Or maybe
barnstorming...

Foundation
Facility
Flagship (I actually like this one)
Fun-torium
Façade
Facet
Factory
Faculty
Farm
Farmland
Feast
Fascination
Fact-o-rama
Fabulousness
Fabrication - Fabricatorium
Fabulation (it is a word)
Faction
Factor
Facts-of-life
Fairground
Family
Fanaticism
Fantastico
Fatherland
Feature
Femto-infinity (weird math)
Fenestration (windows)
Feretory (look it up)
Fermentation
Fiat
Fiber
Fibrillation
Fidelity
Field
Firestorm
Fiesta
Figurehead
Finale
Find
Finest
First (Evan's favorite word)
Fixture
Flabbergast
Flackery
Focal Point
Focus
Font
Footnote
Force (as in may it be with you)
Forbear
Forefathers
Forefront
Foreground
Forever
Forget-me-not
Formation
Fort
Fortification
Forte
Fossil
Foundry
Fractal
Fraction
Fragmentation
Frame
Free-for-all
Frequency
Front
FUBAR (maybe a separate room in the museum)
Fulcrum
Fulfillment
Full-monty :-)
Full-house
Full-tilt
Full-scale
Functionality
Fundamentals
Fun-topia
Futurama (possibilities?)