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Definition of Talk shop
1. Verb. Discuss matters that are related to work. "Sam wants to talk shop with Sue "; "As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop"
Definition of Talk shop
1. Verb. (intransitive) To discuss one's work, business or profession. ¹
2. Noun. A place where people gather to have conversation or discussion which is usually of an informal nature. ¹
3. Noun. (pejorative) An organization or other group that is all talk and no action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talk Shop
Literary usage of Talk shop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Southern Law Review by William S. Hein & Company (1880)
"The good bishop, too, inclines to talk "shop," and occasionally he drops into
controversial and dogmatic theology. The notes of Mr. Heard are verbal and ..."
2. Speeches at the Lotos Club by John Elderkin, Chester Sanders Lord, Horatio Nelson Fraser (1901)
"It may seem a little vulgar to talk shop; but no. Oliver Wendell Holmes told me
once that a man ought always to talk shop. He said he did n't like to take ..."
3. Studies in Moral Science by William Ennis Hamilton (1916)
"Modern society has a prohibition expressed usually in the saying: "Do not talk
shop" which unless observed in moderation tends to frustrate the purpose of ..."
4. Studies in Moral Science by William Ennis Hamilton (1916)
"Ecclesiastes x:i6-i7- Modern society has a prohibition expressed usually in the
saying: "Do not talk shop" which unless observed in moderation tends to ..."
5. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1886)
"More dreadful still to talk ' shop.'" The man smiled. Which was the real girl,
the lazy one or the brisk one ? ... If you invite me to ' talk shop' in so ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"To discourse about; speak of ; discuss: as, to talk philosophy; to talk shop.
That crystalline sphere whose balance weighs The trepidation talk'd, ..."
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