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Recent Examples of shoptalk These were often portraits of people at work—jockeys, preachers, movie stars—that showcase the indiscriminate pleasure Crews took in shoptalk. Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 The house rule is that shoptalk is verboten on Saturdays. Sue Reilly, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024 In between performances and shoptalk, Saul and Caprice are drawn into overlapping intrigues involving a dead child and an inner-beauty pageant. New York Times, 2 June 2022 The numb shoptalk of consulates? Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021 In shoptalk, this is called the 5:2 diet. Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2018 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. Kaitlin Phillips, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoptalk
Noun
  • While terminology changes and treatment advances are promising, experts note that broader systemic and societal changes could make the biggest difference.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
  • To use modern terminology, Michell was talking about the concept of escape velocity, which can be explained by means of a simple experiment.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hiromu Yakura, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, noticed differences in his own vocabulary about a year after ChatGPT debuted in late 2022.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Babbel isn’t like those free apps that flood you with random vocabulary.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gullah Creole is a mix of Southern and [some other] dialects.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Another study by the University of California-Berkeley found ChatGPT responses reinforce dialect discrimination.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The expansion will also include more language support, with plans to increase access to consulting and capital assistance in Spanish and Marshallese, according to an organization news release.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There is no time limit on how long such consultations could take, and experts say the language is flexible enough to allow each member to decide how far to go in responding to armed aggression against another.
    Matt Spetalnick, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But there’s a whole lot of other slang spoken around here.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But first, the deeper history and roots of certain slang terms A number of phrases that are labeled as Gen Z lingo or internet slang today are derived from Black and drag cultures.
    Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Shoptalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoptalk. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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