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Colloquium

A way in which the honors college makes you their slave. Often, newbie freshman are hunted first, and forced to go into the ghettos of buffalo. Then, they have to write papers on their horrifying experiences. Often, students are hospitalized because of the traumatizing effects.
Colloquium
by honorscollegeslave December 1, 2010
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Colloquium

A meeting of the minds. (pl. Colloquia)
"This topic is too philosophical and poignant to not have a colloquium about it!," says David.
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colloquium

a gathering of people for a meeting who are too important to call it a workshops instead they feel a need to use words with fancy sounding Latin roots
The professors went to the colloquium on human rights at the University.
by snowglisten April 2, 2006
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hyperemisis colloquium

A condition for uncontrollable word vomiting that results in the loss of trust and respect of others.

Social Media, particularly Facebook and Twitter have created a need for a new term for a person who cannot help themselves from sharing either their private information, grievances, or ignorance to everyone in the world.

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When on twitter, the President Trump has a condition known as hyperemisis colloquium.
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colloquial

Informal or conversational language, usually culturally specific. Not formal or literary.
The majority of the entries in the urban dictionary are colloquiallisms.
by emoolilu December 30, 2005
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Colloquialism

Urban dictionary would be dead without colloquialisms
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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.
by Astrolounge August 14, 2010
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