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colloquialist

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

Origin

noun

1.

a colloquial expression.

2.

colloquial style or usage.

Origin:
1800–10; colloquial + -ism

Related forms

col·lo·qui·al·ist, noun

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Word Origin & History

colloquialism

1810, "a colloquial word or phrase," from colloquial + -ism.

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