colloquial
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"Surviving Nigerian heat with no light," she wrote, using the colloquial term for electricity.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
“Hyperscalers are situationships, not spouses,” Rezaei wrote in a Tuesday note, referencing a colloquial term for romantic entanglements lacking clear boundaries and formal commitment.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
“We had a colloquial term in the operating room: December Deductible Derby.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
The acronym “GOAT” has become so common in colloquial conversation that it has practically lost all significance, appearing so frequently that the idea of greatness has been dulled into something ordinary, rather than exceptional.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025
We were alert to the gap separating the written word from the colloquial.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Vocabulary lists containing colloquial
100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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Vivacious Vernacular: Words About Slang
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