shoptalk

Example Sentences

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Brooks has an anthropologist’s ear for the language of policing, jumping from the reports full of passive-voice bureaucratese to the darkly humorous, profanity-laden shoptalk.

From New York Times

Nothing much happens besides lathing and jigsawing and shoptalk.

From The Guardian

Kristi Faulkner, president of Womenkind, an advertising agency, said she was planning to attend Shoptalk, a major conference for retail brands, in Las Vegas.

From New York Times

There is no shoptalk: We’re there to catch up, get really drunk and dance the night away.

From New York Times

Fourth, with male managers, I’m slowly bringing up the issue in shoptalk, the way I would share a budget concern or a rushed timeline.

From Seattle Times