colloquialism

Example Sentences

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Hegseth flippantly employed villainous colloquialism – “they are toast and they know it,” “we play for keeps,” and “President Trump got the last laugh” – delivered with a combative tone that communicated masculine self-assurance.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Almost everyone who frequents the market are Chapines, a popular colloquialism used to refer to someone of Guatemalan descent.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2023

“The Wiesn will take place,” Clemens Baumgaertner told reporters in Munich using the locals’ Bavarian colloquialism for the Oktoberfest which is referring to the big lawn, or Wiese, where the boozy celebrations are taking place.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Hernández embodied that Spanish colloquialism, hands on her forehead and chest as she tried to breathe deeply: If this doesn’t get better, something bad is going to happen to me.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2020

The very colloquialism of his speech seemed incongruous and out of place.

From A Romance of Wastdale by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)