Crossword-Solution: COLLOQUIALISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Colloquialism | n. | A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “COLLOQUIALISM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Informal expression | 1 answer |
| characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | 1 answer |
| ‘Ta’ or ‘innit’? | 1 answer |
| Slang | 12 answers |
| argot | 29 answers |
| Jargon | 40 answers |
| Gibberish | 60 answers |
| Patter | 74 answers |
| Lessening | 76 answers |
| Brief | 83 answers |
| Language | 96 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COLLOQUIALISM (5)
She had expressed her surprise in the of an interrogation, emphasizing the "he," a colloquialism of the Southwest.
Shamefacedly I recall now that at the time I thought this colloquialism not only irreverent, but in somewhat bad taste.
They were assailed at the time, as Gerald himself tells us, for their unconventionality, for their departure from established custom, for the freedom and colloquialism of their style, for the audacity of their stories, and for the writer’s daring in venturing to treat the manners and customs of a barbarous country as worthy the attention of the learned and the labours of the historian.
Crab again “made great eyes,” (as we say in Germany,) but at length, recovering himself from a profound attack of astonishment, he assured me that he employed the words “Thomas Hawk” to avoid the colloquialism, Tommy, which was low—but that the true idea was Tommy Hawk—or tomahawk—and that by “playing tomahawk” he referred to scalping, brow-beating and otherwise using-up the herd of poor-devil authors.
The colloquialism “You're not doing that for your health” can be made to cover much ground in the way of the stripping bare of motives for action.
Quotes with COLLOQUIALISM (2)
'Recreative' is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don't like the way that 'recreational' sounds - I don't like to say I do a lot of 'recreational' reading. I like to say that I read 'recreatively.' I do a lot of 'recreative' reading.
People always talk about how time flies; it's become sort of a colloquialism now. You don't really understand it until you reach your late 30s and early 40s - and I'm sure time will move even faster as I get older.