colloquialism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

From colloquial + -ism.

GLOSSARY OF COLLOQUIALISMS AND SLANG TERMS. — Some Everyday Folk and Dawn, Miles Franklin
The colloquialism escaped Homosoto, but he got the gist of it. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
"The legend goes that the term scoon was a colloquialism used when skipping stones. — Steve and the Steam Engine, Sara Ware Bassett

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