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shoptalk

shoptalk is the alternative form of shop talk.

Meaning of shop talk

Noun

shop talk (uncountable)

  1. A discussion about one's trade, business, or employment that only others in the same field can understand.
  2. Any language considered (or alleged to be) acceptable in a single-sex workplace (typically a workshop), but not in mixed or polite company.
    • Near-synonym: locker room talk

Forms of shoptalk

pluralshoptalks

Questions about shoptalk

What is shoptalk the alternative form of?
Shoptalk is the alternative form of shop talk.

Words near shoptalk in the dictionary

  1. shopsteader
  2. shopsteaders
  3. shopsteading
  4. shopsteads
  5. shopsteal
  6. shoptalk
  7. shoptalks
  8. shopvac
  9. shopvacs
  10. shopwalker
  11. shopwalkers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shoptalk (page history and authors); shop talk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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