colloquialist

An avid follower of colloquialism.

They say that he's a colloquialist, so expect quite the amount of slang and informalities from him.

colloquialist by Your Local Randomizationeer January 27, 2023

Colloquialism 

The vernacular.

Urban dictionary would be dead without colloquialisms

Colloquialism by nevergonnagiveyouup December 16, 2008

Colloquialitist

(Ca-low-kwee-ahl-leet-ist) A portmanteau of "colloquial" and "elitist". A Colloquialitist is a person who believes in maintaining the use of formal or "proper" English words. This usually applies to both speech and writing, although some are only concerned with one or the other. The colloquialitist can often be recognized by their use of the phrase "that's not a word" upon being confronted with non-standard or colloquial English words or phrases.

Writing-centric colloquialitists often take opposition toward what they regard as improper contractions, such as "gonna" or "wanna" (terms spelled as the writer speaks them, rather than in their correct written form of "going to" and "want to") or toward verb tenses that they feel are incorrect – such as "snuck" instead of "sneaked". Knowingly or not, colloquialitists of this type are moving against the evolution of language, and often irritate people who use colloquial terms, slang words, or simply a different dialect of English to the colloquialitist in their writing.

Speech-oriented colloquialitist's arguments typically regard pronunciation – such as "both" being pronounced "bolth". This type of colloquialitist may not understand that the pronunciation in question might be correct in the speaker's own dialect or area, or believes that only their own dialect is correct.

This term should not be confused with "grammar-Nazi", or applied to people who oppose provably incorrect use of language such as spelling errors.

Man 1: Did you know that Jennifer Garner argued with Conan O'Brien last night on whether or not "snuck" was a word? She insisted that it wasn't, and said that since Conan went to Harvard he should know better.
Man 2: I bet he didn't take that well.
Man 1: No he did not. He got out a dictionary and read the definition of "snuck" to her face on air.
Man 2: Serves her right for being such a colloquialitist.

Colloquialitist by Astrolounge August 14, 2010

colloquialism 

a special use of a common word in a certain geographical region or a word/phrase particular to a region.

In western PA, people may use the colloquialism "red up your room" to tell a child to clean his or her bedroom.

colloquialism by Lacy October 8, 2003

colloquialism 

slang, a word or term that only a few people use, or that's not in common language.

I call it verbal jizm. you call it a colloquialism.
Much of urban language is composed of colloquialisms

colloquialism by spot off October 7, 2003

vaginal colloquialism 

A phrase to describe the vast number of names for the key part of the female anatomy coined by both men and women. Television shows like Oprah and Sex in the City seem to have given rise to terms such as:

Kitty
Punani
Vajayjay
Cooter
Cha Cha
Honey pot
Coochie
Muff
Hoo ha
Beaver
Box
Bits and pieces
Yum yum
Poon
Lady business
Goodies
Na na
Lala
Cho cho

Pussy
Treasure Chest

Whenever men or women are uncomfortable with the conversation or the topic in general, they typically resort to using a vaginal colloquialism to describe the parts in question.

"Baby I am needing you in a bad way, any chance I can get a brief visit with the honey pot this morning."

"No honey pot for you honey, my vajajay is in lockdown this morning"

vaginal colloquialism by damndiver January 21, 2010

colloquialism 

An informal expression that is more often used in casual conversation than in formal speech or writing.A slang term used in the current culture. Since the culture evolves so will the slangterms/colloquialisms revelant to that era.

"Friends of the chancellor revealed that he had described Labour MPs as disappointing numpties, a colloquialism meaning idiots."
(Neil Rafferty, "Queen Opens a Pricey Piece of Scots History." The Sunday Times, Oct. 10, 2004)

"I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys." (Toby Keith)

She was recently dumped by her fiance.

"There are traces of cliche ('a tough nut to crack'), attempts at fey colloquialism ('Sometimes I like to sample the zeitgeist') and laboured bits of banter."
(Alastair Sooke, "Self's Punishment." The Times, Dec. 17, 2004)

colloquialism by therev1953 November 29, 2010