colloquial

Spoken in a colloquial mix of English and Armenian, the recording became the introduction to “Canopies,” a song with the hushed, rocking cadence of a lullaby that Korkejian wrote from her grandmother’s perspective.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

His tough, unadorned style is so effortlessly colloquial, thought fellow crime writer Raymond Chandler, that it “does not belong to Hammett or to anybody, but is the American language.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

London Theatre praised the play in its four-star review and said "it is decidedly modern in its outlook, colloquial speech, and, most potently, impact".

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

There is so much that the public doesn’t know, and even more that can be contorted by disinformation and colloquial slang, making these important subjects the butt of the joke.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

“Yes, there was a Caleb in my initiate class. Brilliant, but he was . . . what’s the colloquial term for it? A suck-up.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth