1.   Among dancers, she says, calories, carbohydrates and resisted cravings are standard shop talk.

2.   Beneath a bright white tent in Biddeford last weekend, there were hamburgers and name tags like any other convention, but the shop talk was grief.

3.   A few minutes later, while I concentrated on a slice of chocolate cake, the two preachers fell into shop talk.

4.   A little shop talk between airplane guys.

5.   Along with the shop talk, there is just plain chat, as subscribers tell about themselves and discuss common experiences.

6.   Both the term and the form have become cliches, the one meaningless shop talk, the other a prisoner of formulaic rules.

7.   But he has a real ear for the crude shop talk of cops and the us-vs.-everybody-else insularity that infects many in law enforcement.

8.   Except when he attends conferences or lectures, he is cut off from the shop talk and everyday sharing of ideas that are a feature of university life.

9.   One place at Mattel that is devoid of shop talk is the exercise area.

10.   The firms are also creating limited-access Web sites where young companies can soak up shop talk.