colloquial term
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concept
A colloquial term is an informal word or expression commonly used in everyday speech within a particular region or group, but typically avoided in formal writing or contexts.
Aliases (12)
- colloquial nickname ×7
- English-language phrase ×4
- Hebrew term ×4
- colloquial name ×3
- informal abbreviation ×2
- pejorative term ×2
- Yiddish term ×1
- colloquial geographic nickname ×1
- colloquialism ×1
- informal sports designation ×1
- informal term ×1
- nautical slang ×1
Instances (34)
- Am Segula ("Hebrew term")
- Galut ("Hebrew term")
- Seward’s Icebox ("pejorative term")
- Group of Five ("informal sports designation")
- Bore War
- Golus ("Yiddish term")
- A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage ("English-language phrase")
- Am Yisrael ("Hebrew term")
- Flivver
- Whither the Fates Carry [Us] ("English-language phrase")
- Redneck Riviera ("colloquial geographic nickname")
- The Big Dance
- Drake Shake
- Maccas (for McDonald’s)
- doodlebug ("colloquial name")
- MOERE (informal English abbreviation) ("informal abbreviation")
- Munich Betrayal ("pejorative term")
- Jacktown ("colloquial nickname")
- The Ville ("colloquial name")
- The County ("colloquial nickname")
- To Protect and to Serve ("English-language phrase")
- Alan Turing law (UK informal term for pardons of men convicted under historical anti-homosexuality laws) ("informal term")
- Polar Bear Garden
- Shivat Tzion ("Hebrew term")
- Yes We Can ("English-language phrase")
- Winterpeg ("colloquialism")
- The Ditch ("colloquial nickname")
- The Peg ("colloquial nickname")
- WCON (informal) ("informal abbreviation")
- L-Town ("colloquial nickname")
- "Old Lady" ("colloquial nickname")
- Cheese Shop (colloquial) ("colloquial nickname")
- Beantown ("colloquial name")