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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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, terminology, slang, vocabularyRelated Words
colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism; slanguage; bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabbleSHOPTALK Defined for English Language Learners
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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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