Colloquial

Colloquial usage In colloquial French, it is common to drop the ne, although this can create some ambiguity with the ne … plus construction when written down, as plus could mean either "more" or "not anymore".

The spelling is the anglicized version of the Hindustani word and as a colloquial Anglo-Indian word with this meaning, it appears in the Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases (1903).

Mr. Jerahhyo said the music composed by the duo is called “Zaolo”, the Copperbelt colloquial language meaning a variety of electrifying music put together.

The Dutch called him “Sinterklaas”, a term that would eventually evolve into the English colloquial “Santa Claus”.

At the time a jay was colloquial slang for an uneducated person from the country, who might not be wise to the ways of the big city.

It’s hard to have a conversation today, or even overhear one, without being exposed to moronic – and I now use that word in its colloquial as well as its clinical sense – opinions about what “we” should do.

Not to be confused with the colloquial version of the term “commode”, although you are free to do with this stylish piece as you please, this pyramid-shaped dresser supposedly “creates a spatial vortex in whatever room it’s placed in”.

Some whirled "Terrible Towels", a particular sort of Pittsburgh Steelers gear; drivers, in cars draped in Biden signs and even a colloquial "Yinzer for Biden" banner, blared their horns in appreciation.

With his bleached hair, bodycon fashions, correct colloquial use of the word “zhuzh” and a neat line in fey, sexy selfies, Parvis is unmistakably out and proud, and participates in a hedonistic round of Grindr hookups and constant partying.

He can be chatty and colloquial, all banter and bonhomie, recalling teenage high jinks with dizzied abandon.

In working-class, colloquial and often profane Arabic, he muses on the military’s growing domination of the Egyptian economy.

One of the most important aspects of Jain literature, which is not really known, is that it has influenced our colloquial and vernacular languages to a great extent.

The word is often used when those using it don’t want to be seen as using swear words (even though now `ars is not that much of a swear word but a colloquial description of a political position).

Amidst all this, however, one could invoke the colloquial Hindi proverb: “Diya tale andhera” (darkness underneath the lamp).

And, please, I am not a qualified or credentialed psychotherapist or anything, and I use the term "nuts" only as my own inexpert opinion and in the strictly colloquial sense, meaning crackers.

But those in the know — most of whom posted Instagrams of the dishes quite a while before the official opening — will tell you that brat is the old English colloquial term for turbot.

Her colloquial, spoken-text narratives — in direct contrast to polished, traditional Japanese forms like tanka or haiku — have garnered both praise and criticism.

It’s true that sometimes titles, phrases, idioms and colloquial words lose their original beauty and meaning they contain.

So, one of my favorite experiences as a Leo Sarkisian Intern has been this reconstructing of our Armenian backgrounds into a new, colloquial dialogue.

Above all, it is an allusion to the Roman poet Virgil towards the end of the speech which has been remembered, giving the speech its colloquial name: As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding.