Before embarking on her trip, Kaefer expected to find a pan-Antarctic vocabulary, but quickly discovered there were distinct colloquialisms within each station.
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Colloquialism
/kəˈloʊ.kwi.əˌlɪz.əm/
Synonyms for "colloquialism" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Adjective(2 words)
everyday lingoinformal french expressions
Verb(1 words)
Related words (22)
Noun(12 words)
mishegossrapscallionslangslang termslanginessstreet slangthingamajigtranquillizerstsurisumteenundieszillion
Interjection(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
nonstandard usageuppity
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2 entriesinformal expressionslang term
Collocations
6 entriescasual languagecolloquial expressioncolloquial phraseeveryday speechinformal expressioninformal term
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The differences between slang, colloquialism and jargon are not clear-cut.
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