colloquialism

[ kuh-loh-kwee-uh-liz-uh m ]

/ kəˈloʊ kwi əˌlɪz əm /

a colloquial expression.

colloquial style or usage.

Origin of colloquialism

First recorded in 1800–10; colloquial + -ism

col·lo·qui·al·ist, noun

“Shut up,” the hacker responded, using a Farsi colloquialism.

Iranian Poet Blacklisted for Being Gay |Nina Strochlic |July 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It is colloquialism; but it is such colloquialism as ghosts or vampires would use.

Visions and Revisions |John Cowper Powys
"Draw my mug," we might say, although translation does not go far to render that sort of colloquialism.

Fragments of an Autobiography |Felix Moscheles
When it came to the point, our Neiden carriers, to use a colloquialism, climbed down abjectly.

Through Arctic Lapland |Cutcliffe Hyne

Such a compliment has seldom been paid on so early an attempt at colloquialism in a new language.

Life of John Coleridge Patteson |Charlotte M. Yonge
It's a colloquialism, comes from baseball, that's a sport we play.

You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did |David E. Fisher

colloquialism

/ (kəˈləʊkwɪəˌlɪzəm) /

a word or phrase appropriate to conversation and other informal situations

the use of colloquial words and phrases