An
informal lunchtime meeting which is not
catered
Brownbags can be
presentations of
projects that groups in the
company are working on, or of an
employee's
childhood trip to
Disneyland, courtesy of a
nationwide contest sponsored by 3M
To brownbag it also means to bring your lunch from home, as opposed to eating out. In elementary school, the contents of the brown bag are often a status symbol and a makeshift bartering system evolves around the aforementioned contents.