colloquialism betydelse and definition

Exempel på colloquialism

• A colloquialism in very frequent use. 

• Bill mixed slang, the colloquialisms of the frontier, and the terminology of modern scientific thought with quaint impartiality. 

• Examine the vocabulary for naturalness, colloquialism, and extraordinary occasional fitness of words. 

• It has passed out of the stage of mere slang to become a "colloquialism." 

• This is a colloquialism that should be avoided. 

• As an informal register, comic strips characteristically draw on colloquialisms, phonetic spellings, etc., to convey oral concepts in print.

• The phrase, in its origins, was a colloquialism: its meanings were idiomatic to the neighbourhood's inhabitants.

• The tone fluctuates somewhat: mainly sober academic, with occasional lapses into colloquialism and journalese.