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colloquialism
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colloquialism

Informal word or phrase appropriate to familiar, everyday conversation. Colloquialisms are more acceptable than slang in a wider social context.



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The words chosen, however remote they may be from colloquial speech or ephemeral suggestions, must be words that remain in literary use, especially in the use of verse, among educated people" ("Translating" 55).
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The strategy to combat this problem is to teach students about the differences between colloquial speech and standard English, Story says.
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The diction of both narrator and characters is closer to that of an op-ed piece than colloquial speech.
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