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SHOP TALK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shop talk mean?
• SHOP TALK (noun)
The noun SHOP TALK has 1 sense:
1. talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand
Familiarity information: SHOP TALK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("shop talk" is a kind of...):
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