shoptalk

shop·talk

noun \ˈshäp-ˌtȯk\

Definition of SHOPTALK

: the jargon or subject matter peculiar to an occupation or a special area of interest

Examples of SHOPTALK

1. There was a lot of shoptalk at the office party.
2. <eventually, he got bored with the shoptalk of the nuclear engineers, which he barely understood>

First Known Use of SHOPTALK

1881

Related to SHOPTALK

Synonyms

argot, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, terminology, slang, vocabulary

Related Words

colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism; slanguage; bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabble

Rhymes with SHOPTALK

back talk, Bartók, Black Hawk, bemock, boardwalk, cakewalk, catwalk, cornstalk, cross talk, crosswalk, duckwalk, eyestalk, fast-talk, fish hawk, French chalk, goshawk, Gottschalk, jaywalk, langue d'oc, Languedoc, leafstalk, marsh hawk, moonwalk, nighthawk, Norfolk, Norwalk, pep talk, racewalk, ropewalk, sidewalk, skywalk, sleepwalk, small talk, space walk, sweet-talk, trash talk