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colloquialism
col·lo·qui·al·ism C0484300 (kə-lō′kwē-ə-lĭz′əm)n.1. Colloquial style or quality.2. A colloquial expression.colloquialism (kəˈləʊkwɪəˌlɪzəm) n1. (Linguistics) a word or phrase appropriate to conversation and other informal situations2. (Linguistics) the use of colloquial words and phrasescol•lo•qui•al•ism (kəˈloʊ kwi əˌlɪz əm)
n. 1. a colloquial expression. 2. colloquial style or usage. [1800–10] col•lo′qui•al•ist, n. colloquialisma word, phrase, or expression characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing, as “She’s out” for “She is not at home.” — colloquial, adj.See also: LanguageThesaurus| Noun | 1. | colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechfirewall - (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust; "he moved the throttle to the firewall"fix - something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"heavy lifting - difficult work; "the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting"biz, game - your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"no-brainer - anything that requires little thoughtcrapshoot - a risky and uncertain venture; "getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot"snogging - (British informal) cuddle and kisswash - any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"aggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression; "I skipped it because it was too much aggro"fun - violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"hell, sin - violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"dickeybird, dickey-bird, dickybird, dicky-bird - small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birdsbunny rabbit, bunny - (usually informal) especially a young rabbitbib-and-tucker - an attractive outfit; "she wore her best bib-and-tucker"delf - an excavation; usually a quarry or minefunny wagon - an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospitalboom box, ghetto blaster - a portable stereostinker, lemon - an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactorylong johns - warm underwear with long legsmain drag - the main street of a town or cityput-put - a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat)rathole - a small dirty uncomfortable roomrattrap - filthy run-down dilapidated housingredbrick university - (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge UniversityRitz - an ostentatiously elegant hotelsecurity blanket - anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxietyshooting gallery - a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroinSunday best, Sunday clothes - the best attire you have which is worn to church on Sundaywar paint - full ceremonial regaliasmoke - something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"class - elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"setup - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here"guts, moxie, backbone, grit, gumption, sand - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"way - the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"number - a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"enormity - vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"drag - something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"hot stuff, voluptuousness - the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting); "he thought she was really hot stuff"eye, oculus, optic - the organ of sightpeeper - an informal term referring to the eyeproboscis - the human nose (especially when it is large)physiognomy, visage, smiler, kisser, phiz, countenance, mug - the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)can of worms - a source of unpredictable trouble and complexityhang-up - an emotional preoccupationthink - an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"crosshairs - a center of interest; "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"turn-on - something causing excitement or stimulating interestnegative stimulation, turnoff - something causing antagonism or loss of interestplague - an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story"pertainym - meaning relating to or pertaining toteaser - an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show |
Translationscolloquial (kəˈləukwiəl) adjective of or used in everyday informal, especially spoken, language. a colloquial expression. 口語的，通俗語的 口语的colˈloquially adverb 口語地 口语地colˈloquialism noun an expression used in colloquial language. 口語說法 口语说法EncyclopediaSeeColloquial Speechcolloquialism
colloquialism Vox populi A term of ordinary everyday speech, conversational. See Medical slang. colloquialism
Related to colloquialism: idiom |