Definition of shoptalk
: the jargon or subject matter peculiar to an occupation or a special area of interest
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Examples of shoptalk in a Sentence
There was a lot of shoptalk at the office party.
eventually, he got bored with the shoptalk of the nuclear engineers, which he barely understood
Recent Examples of shoptalk from the Web
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My mother was becoming increasingly wary of the stir-crazy shoptalk from a group of 40-year-old guys who were three trail beers away from skiing down the mountain to their deaths.
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Listening to Chicago law enforcement shoptalk is a lot of fun.
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Listening to Chicago law enforcement shoptalk is a lot of fun.
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Friends called it candid shoptalk by perfectionists who respected each other intellectually, emotionally and professionally.
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First Known Use of shoptalk
1881
shoptalk Synonyms
Synonyms
argot, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, slang, terminology, vocabulary;
Related Words
colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular;
SHOPTALK Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of shoptalk for English Language Learners
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: talk that is related to your work or special interests
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