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shoptalk

noun

ˈshäp-ˌtȯk

Definition of shoptalk

as in terminology

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. — Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 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 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

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Noun

The terminology may differ, but the underlying patterns rarely do.

— Farzana Abdulhusein, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Lloyd will wear the green dot in Charlotte, however, with Okereke just trying to learn the terminology.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of terminology

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The number quickly became part of the national vocabulary, printed on memorials, spoken at ceremonies and repeated every September as the number of FDNY firefighters who died at the World Trade Center.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
But after September 11, Islam was thrust into the center of the country’s political imagination largely through the vocabulary of terrorism.

— Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of vocabulary

Noun

Its traditional dialect, Brusselian, was the only language that was neither just Germanic nor just Romance, but both Germanic and Romance.

— Benjamin Moser, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
Owner and chef Stefania Marchesini, who fished professionally herself for 11 years, pays a premium to local fishermen, especially for soft-shell crabs known in the local dialect as moeche.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of dialect

Noun

Specialty-specific patterns of language, documentation structure and billing nuance reduce the volume of the most consequential omissions.

— Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The woman who had compiled the Handy Hints book helpfully explained these technical details to Flynn, whispering in his ear like someone translating a foreign language.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of language

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McCaffrey and the 49ers will return to the United States after their win and lesson in Australian slang to play the Miami Dolphins in Week 2.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
The script itself is filled with the language of its time and place, including Berliner gutter slang and high-society clichés, casino speech and capitalist jargon, spoken Yiddish and literary German.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

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