Discourse
Discourse verb - To give a formal often extended talk on a subject.
Talk shop and discourse are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Talk shop" with "Discourse", this terms are similar.
Nearby Words: discoursed, discoursing
Talk shop
Talk shop verb - Discuss matters that are related to work.
Usage example: As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop
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