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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
eventually, he got bored with the shoptalk of the nuclear engineers, which he barely understood
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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.
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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
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
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New treatment possibilities emerge, often accompanied by unfamiliar terminology and difficult decisions.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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That’s fractionally lower than the Valley of Mexico, the terminology for Mexico City’s metro area, which is also four times the size of Guadalajara.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Yet these efforts can sharpen the vocabulary of leadership while leaving the underlying habits of the leadership system untouched.—
Britton Bloch,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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The concept of impossible was not in our vocabulary.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Shanghainese scriptwriter Zhang interwove her personal experience into the script, with more than 50% of the dialogue spoken in the Shanghai dialect.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Ultimately the difficulty of the task was what led him to sign on, which involved working with three different dialect coaches and studying with a Cuban professor named Rafael Rojas.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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FlareFlow, which operates under COL Group – listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext board – has released approximately 5,200 series to date, with 33 million registered users, support for 14 languages, and a presence spanning upward of 200 countries and regions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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For the last couple of years, the test has been provided in six languages, allowing vital linguistic access to our more than 70,000 students learning English as a second language.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Noun
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How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
11 May 2026
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The home was dubbed Snowman in honor of Bryan’s late brother, Chris, who earned the nickname from the golf slang for a score of eight on an individual hole.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Shoptalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoptalk. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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