I rejected all local colloquialisms to arrive at a dialog that had a certain naivety and innocence. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
"African-American vernacular" is simply a colloquialism, meaning it is unacceptable in any formal situation. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
Jim smothered a grin at the ancient colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [In Alien Hands]
| Reply | Permalink ow, she just barfed colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [As Debate Shifts Over To Foreign Policy, Biden Hammers McCain On Iraq, Spain Gaffe] Reference
That is the colloquialism from Mazatlan paulette Chuck. From Wordnik.com. [Fishy Questions] Reference
It took Masurathoo a moment to classify the colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
Since then, the phrase has become a colloquialism used by U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Campaign Raising Money Off Of Bill Clinton-Joe McCarthy Comparison] Reference
Forgive the colloquialism, but I think the expression is: LOL. From Wordnik.com. [Esther Drew: Obama's Rubber, Jackson's Glue] Reference
Lots of older people use that colloquialism when they're angry. From Wordnik.com. [RJ Eskow: 'The Politics of Terror' Strikes the Economy] Reference
Only marginally, as it is a colloquialism, but still acceptable. From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
I smiled at the sound of the colloquialism in his careful accent. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
Because, as they say in that Yorkshire colloquialism, he's skint. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Up with Salman Rushdie] Reference
Here they are, and, to use a colloquialism, I want to rub them in. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
However, the colloquialism appeared to relieve some of the tension. From Wordnik.com. [Duel Under the Double Sun]
Sauer looked at Brannon to see if he understood this colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Choice]
Another colloquialism comes to mind: What goes around, comes around. From Wordnik.com. [Another Red State Dem Refuses To Endorse Obama] Reference
Congress, and the titles are permutations of a popular colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Thill: Worst. Congress. Ever. Part Duh.] Reference
Se me fue la onda is a colloquialism for "I lost my 'wave' of thought.". From Wordnik.com. [Onda?] Reference
He sought the optimum specimen'the all-purpose human, to use a colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [The Game Of Empire]
Note 49: It is a substandard colloquialism, similar to the German nicht wahr?. From Wordnik.com. ['I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976] Reference
MexConnect. com Forums: Specific Focus: Learning Spanish: local colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [local colloquialism] Reference
Especially if it will let everyone know that I am up on the latest colloquialism?. From Wordnik.com. [my hat's OFF to you.. .] Reference
Employing a general colloquialism to manipulate the collective recall of the event?. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Thill: Truthiness and Consequences] Reference
Since he and I are both originally from Texas, I assume I can use that colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [Leslie Griffith: Will the Spies Come Out of the Closet?] Reference
Have you ever seen anyone who is utterly messed up in every form of the colloquialism?. From Wordnik.com. [Friends, Fiends, & Fuck, I'm tired] Reference
I think "cottage" is just a local colloquialism for a summer home in those parts of PA. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton: My Dad Taught Me How To Shoot] Reference
It is almost as if the writers tried to dredge up every colloquialism currently in vogue. From Wordnik.com. [Leadership Ideas from The Movies: You'll Never Guess Which One (Number Eight)] Reference
If the word choice was Texas colloquialism, it was socially incompetent in the circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Kurtz Slaps Fellow Postie George Will For Smearing Webb] Reference
Palin verified it by showing us laxity in her statespersonship with cliches and colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [Yvonne R. Davis: Sarah Palin: America's Affirmative Action Candidate] Reference
The ban on an Australian colloquialism recognized around the world is now officially overturned. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2005] Reference
Was this a sign that, perhaps, our show was not, to use a colloquialism of my people "all that?". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Gene Sullivan: Making a Killing] Reference
The reality reflected by them is distorted by an unlimited subjectivity, marked by colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [POSTMODERN LITERATURE:] Reference
Oberon used Linterah's colloquialism in a manner that revealed his own discomfort with the epithet. From Wordnik.com. [A Corpse is a Corpse]
He must like to figure, to use a colloquialism, and his fondness for it must be genuine, almost an absorption. From Wordnik.com. [Opportunities in Engineering] Reference
HAMMER: So, if it ` s moving at all along, I ` m going to use a big colloquialism, it ` s moving like pond water. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2007] Reference
"I don't think" is a common colloquialism used by everyone, and is not more incorrect than such expressions generally are. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886.] Reference
But based on their skin color, they would refer to them generically as Joses, and not as a kind of friendly colloquialism. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2009] Reference
But one of the things that just gets my blood boiling is when I believe I am, to use an apt colloquialism, being given the shaft. From Wordnik.com. [arg] Reference
But we ought to get a whoopin 'if we let them get away with it, if you'll allow me to use a colloquialism from my small southern state. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President To The Dccc Dinner] Reference
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