wireroom

[ wahyuhr-room, -room ]

noun

1. a bookmaking establishment, especially one disguised as a lawful business.
2. a room, as in a newspaper office or television station, containing a teletype or other equipment for receiving news.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wireroom¹

wire + room

Example Sentences

When I showed Andy our “wireroom” where technicians used teletype machines to move stories to the Journal’s main printing plant in Massachusetts, Andy pronounced it “a marvel – something that should be in the Smithsonian.”

From Time

The hotel facility will contain much of the equipment of a large news bureau, plus that of our New York wireroom, including sophisticated transmission computers and phone systems.

From Time Magazine Archive