vernacularism

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Noun
  • Considered one of the pioneers of midcentury modernism, Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra’s residential projects are found primarily in Southern California and are as sleek as can be.
    Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
  • In a country with an above-average suspicion of modernism, in a city that had never had a full-scale museum of modern and contemporary art, Tate Modern arrived on a bank of the River Thames at just the right time.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • This could involve helping systems learn colloquialisms and proper usages of terms.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
  • You would be forgiven for assuming this a playful colloquialism, perhaps revealing a tenderness to the hunt.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • No, but my aesthetic judgment had given over to its vibes, that contemporary euphemism for ultra-processed atmosphere.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
  • Children and grief: Stop using euphemisms about death Now, the former president, 82, faces his own cancer diagnosis.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Further imaging showcased the designs on either side of the coinage.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 June 2025
  • From the July/August 2014 issue: The power of two McCartney and John Lennon were mesmerized by these nonsensical yet lyrical coinages.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In spite of its phonetics, apparently the term is not Yiddish, but a neologism declared by a French writer of comedic phantasms to be German and intended to designate an absurd, unfathomable object that can serve all kinds of purposes.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • Now, without finding a new emblem to rally behind, Democrats may be doing little more than battling that other neologism: MAGA.
    Kevin M. Schultz, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • For instance, people, a French loanword, may be spelled peple, pepill, poeple, or poepul.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The newest dictionary additions include loanwords from Southeast Asia, South Africa and Ireland.
    Peter Guo, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Trump has embarked on one of the most consequential and controversial opening stretches of any presidential term in modern memory – striking Iran's nuclear facilities, overhauling the federal government and pursuing mass deportations.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 July 2025
  • The people around Gladys want to marry for love, in terms of Marian (Louisa Jacobson) and Carrie Astor (Amy Forsyth).
    Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • There was an expression on his face, something between a smile and a smirk.
    Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • Through gene expression studies, the team determined these proteins were actively produced and regulated – social control molecules secreted through their natural antennae, the spines.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 July 2025
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“Vernacularism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vernacularism. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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