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

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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