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colloquialism

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synonyms for colloquialism

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

How to use colloquialism in a sentence

“Shut up,” the hacker responded, using a Farsi colloquialism.
Iranian Poet Blacklisted for Being Gay | Nina Strochlic | July 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Now “awfully sorry” is not a western colloquialism, and the girl looked at him attentively.
The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
He must like to figure, to use a colloquialism,18 and his fondness for it must be genuine, almost an absorption.
Opportunities in Engineering | Charles M. Horton

For instance, the use of "most" for "almost" is distinctly, if not a vulgarism, at least a colloquialism.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William Archer
Every proverb, every slang phrase and colloquialism, is what one might call a petrified inspiration.
A Captain of Industry | Upton Sinclair
Such a compliment has seldom been paid on so early an attempt at colloquialism in a new language.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson | Charlotte M. Yonge

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