Associations to the word «Colloquialism»

Wiktionary

COLLOQUIALISM, noun. A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression, often regional.

Dictionary definition

COLLOQUIALISM, noun. A colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope