Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Talk or conversation concerning one's work or business.
  • noun The jargon used in a specific business or field.

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  • noun Discussion of business in a social setting, especially using jargon.

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Examples

  • For chess buffs who tune in for some shoptalk from the game's most revered icon, there is this:

    Bobby Fischer’s Pathetic Endgame 2002

  • For chess buffs who tune in for some shoptalk from the game's most revered icon, there is this:

    Bobby Fischer’s Pathetic Endgame 2002

  • I don't use their names, as a matter of course, but, too, "shoptalk" or a good story over dinner does not a public record make.

    Fear of bloggers. Ann Althouse 2005

  • Tonight me and Paco will do some shoptalk while Remco is working late at a client's office.

    weekly nathreee 2009

  • That leaves us with conversation, and the chitchat of artists usually alternates between shoptalk and gossip, which is interesting if you're in the business but otherwise pretty dull.

    I've Been to a Marvelous 'Party' Terry Teachout 2010

  • But what I like best is the shoptalk among these guys who have all been trying to write the first draft of history, without much help from the primary participants.

    An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008

  • According to court documents unsealed last week, some of the Russian agents spent more than 10 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars schmoozing American academics and policymakers, glad-handing for little more than casual gossip and shoptalk.

    Russia’s Spy Game 2010

  • That leaves us with conversation, and the chitchat of artists usually alternates between shoptalk and gossip, which is interesting if you're in the business but otherwise pretty dull.

    I've Been to a Marvelous 'Party' Terry Teachout 2010

  • That leaves us with conversation, and the chitchat of artists usually alternates between shoptalk and gossip, which is interesting if you're in the business but otherwise pretty dull.

    I've Been to a Marvelous 'Party' Terry Teachout 2010

  • Ooops, I may have been a bit insensitive with my post, where I really wanted to shoptalk with you, a scriptwriter.

    Free movies... and CAPOTE 2007

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