colloquialism

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Recent Examples of colloquialism There is even a colloquialism for those who curry favor among the moneyed on the island of Palm Beach. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 It’s been a year of chaos and colloquialisms, as the internet shaped not only our vocabulary but our entire political system. Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025 And, like any colloquialism popularized by an internet trend, celebs, brands and even the president himself cashed in on the sensation. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024 Kam understood the regional colloquialism assignment! Cindi Andrews and Katie Wissman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for colloquialism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colloquialism
Noun
  • There’s no universal language—only tribal dialects.
    Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Because the characters are speaking a very distinctive local dialect, and that’s, of course, completely lost in translation.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The development of new terminology could impact biomarker development and the understanding of liver disease’s natural history, which took decades to establish.
    Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 31 May 2025
  • No new terminology or concepts eating up offseason hours.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Photosynthesis was such a profound development; so were eukaryotes, nervous systems and language.
    Philip Ball, Wired News, 8 June 2025
  • The government's 2011 population census found that a little more than 10% of Indians fluently speak the language.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Unleashing Wood has ushered in an exciting new phase for a widely influential band that has defined a state-of-the-art jazz idiom deeply engaged with other genres.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
  • Scientists analyzed recordings of three groups of chimpanzees living in the Ivory Coast and found that chimps can combine their hoots, grunts and calls in a similar way to how humans use idioms or change the order of words to build new phrases.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Zimbabwe and South Africa share in Rhodes a common ancestor; in Ndebele a language with a close connection to Zulu (the most spoken language in South Africa); and the common visual vocabulary sometimes called Ndebele art.
    Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • Of note is the incorporation of vocabulary from Ivan’s archaic Norm language, a special touch that entranced me.
    The Know, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Today's teen slang might seem like complete gibberish, but you may be surprised by how many terms echo phrases from the past.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 3 June 2025
  • This translates as: The banlieues influence Paris and Paris influences the world (Paname is French slang for the city).
    Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 31 May 2025

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“Colloquialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colloquialism. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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