shoptalk meaning

• n. [u]
  
  1 the professional jargon that is only understood by people in the same profession: Their shoptalk sounds like mumbo-jumbo to me. • Even hearing about the weather would be more interesting than all this shoptalk.
  
  2 a conversation between workers in the same factory or office about their jobs
  
  NOTE verb = talk shop at shop n. (6)

Examples

1. every field has its own specialized shoptalk
2. I like to stay away from shoptalk, talk about the church,
3. Only they weren't swapping shoptalk about video shoots and chart position.
4. And Prof Talk _ unlike precise shoptalk _ is as slovenly as it gets.
5. Every profession has its own shoptalk _ meant as much to inform insiders as to exclude outsiders.