colloquial

Example Sentences

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Though the authenticity of Perpetua’s diary has occasionally been questioned, its vividness, earthy colloquial Latin and wealth of circumstantial detail strongly suggest that these are her words.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here Gershwin set to music Heyward’s colloquial poetry—lines that Stephen Sondheim called among “the best lyrics written, I think, for the musical stage.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In subsequent years, voting has played only a part in the choices, which have included 2023's "rizz" -- a colloquial term defined as "style, charm, or attractiveness" -- and last year's "brain rot".

From Barron's

"Most Australians would know if you said 'speaks bogan' or 'bogan Australian' that the language would be highly informal with many slang and colloquial words and phrases, including uniquely Australian ones."

From BBC

The acronym has become so common in colloquial conversation that it has practically lost all significance, appearing so frequently that the idea of greatness has been dulled into something ordinary, rather than exceptional.

From Salon