idiom
noun. manner of speaking, turn of phrase
jargon
noun. specialized language; dialect
- abracadabra
- argot
- balderdash
- banality
- bombast
- bunk
- buzzwords
- cant
- cliché
- colloquialism
- commonplace term
- doublespeak
- drivel
- fustian
- gibberish
- hackneyed term
- idiom
- insipidity
- lexicon
- lingo
- mumbo jumbo
- neologism
- newspeak
- nonsense
- overused term
- palaver
- parlance
- patois
- patter
- rigmarole
- shoptalk
- slang
- slanguage
- speech
- stale language
- street talk
- tongue
- trite language
- twaddle
- usage
- vernacular
- vocabulary
parlance
noun. idiom
patter
noun. casual talk
slang
noun. casual dialect
speech
noun. talk
- accent
- articulation
- communication
- conversation
- dialect
- dialogue
- diction
- discussion
- double talk
- doublespeak
- elocution
- enunciation
- expressing
- expression
- idiom
- intercourse
- jargon
- language
- lingo
- locution
- mother tongue
- native tongue
- oral communication
- palaver
- parlance
- prattle
- pronunciation
- prose
- speaking
- spiel
- tone
- tongue
- utterance
- verbalization
- vernacular
- vocal expression
- vocalization
- vocalizing
- voice
- voicing
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