shoppy

shoppy
a) Inclined to talk shop; full of jargon.

When golfers get together their talk is more unutterably shoppy than even that of hunters, cricketers, or racing men.

b) Of the kind or quality expected from a shop.

A novel of clerical life written by a clergyman is apt to be what is vulgarly called shoppy, to dwell upon details which may interest other clergymen...


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