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textshop

textshop noun: a kind of writing laboratory where students can experiment with, and attempt to reproduce, the styles and techniques being studied.

Noun

textshop (plural textshops)

  1. A kind of writing laboratory where students can experiment with, and attempt to reproduce, the styles and techniques being studied.

Forms of textshop

pluraltextshops

Origin of textshop

From text + shop, modelled on workshop but de-emphasizing the idea of work, inspired by Roland Barthes' essay From Work to Text. Coined by Gregory Ulmer. See Textshop for Psychoanalysis.

Questions about textshop

What does textshop mean?
Textshop means a kind of writing laboratory where students can experiment with, and attempt to reproduce, the styles and techniques being studied.
What part of speech is textshop?
Textshop is a noun.
What is the plural of textshop?
The plural of textshop is textshops.

Words near textshop in the dictionary

  1. textphones
  2. textpost
  3. textposts
  4. textrine
  5. texts
  6. textshop
  7. textshops
  8. textspeak
  9. textual
  10. textual critic
  11. textual criticism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: textshop (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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