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colloquialism

noun as in idiom

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“Shut up,” the hacker responded, using a Farsi colloquialism.

Now “awfully sorry” is not a western colloquialism, and the girl looked at him attentively.

He must like to figure, to use a colloquialism,18 and his fondness for it must be genuine, almost an absorption.

For instance, the use of "most" for "almost" is distinctly, if not a vulgarism, at least a colloquialism.

Every proverb, every slang phrase and colloquialism, is what one might call a petrified inspiration.

Such a compliment has seldom been paid on so early an attempt at colloquialism in a new language.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to colloquialism, such as: expression, and informality.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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