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Colloquialism meaning
A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression. | A colloquial manner of speaking.
Synonyms of Colloquialism
Example sentences (9)
The Adam of the movies is, to borrow an internet colloquialism, a himbo.
Is Trump, like Clinton, attempting to “wag the dog,” a colloquialism that “to distract attention away from a political scandal (in this case impeachment in the Senate, and probable removal from office), often through military action”?
The use of the word camp is a Vermont colloquialism.
No. I checked and the colloquialism was spelt as I used it.
Many Malaysians adopt different accents and usages depending on the situation; for example, an office worker may speak with less colloquialism and with a more British accent on the job than with friends or while out shopping.
Montezuma's Revenge is a colloquialism for traveler's diarrhea in visitors to Mexico.
The mainland within the city limits roughly forms a "seven-by-seven-mile square", a common local colloquialism referring to the city's shape, though its total area, including water, is nearly convert.
This is often used just as a colloquialism indicating that the parties to a conversation agree, or should agree, not to quibble over deeply different conceptions of what is real.
When the term was first used in English in about 1836, it was a colloquialism meaning "old-fashioned".