Associations to the word «Locution»

Wiktionary

LOCUTION, noun. A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
LOCUTION, noun. The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
LOCUTION, noun. A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

Dictionary definition

LOCUTION, noun. A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression".

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