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colloquial

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adj. conversational, not used in formal speaking or writing; informal
That grammatical construction does not exist in the colloquial register of the language.
We're what they colloquially call a single mother family. I haven't seen my father's face.
A colloquial term for an ocular prosthetic is a glass eye.
The word doctor refers to a person with the highest university degree, and colloquially to a physician.
He traveled to France to brush up his colloquial French.
Colloquial language is not necessarily a grammatical and stylistic questionable form of expression. There is no doubt a cultivated variety of it which I really find to my liking.
The association of kiwi with New Zealand is so strong that 'Kiwi' is frequently used as a colloquial demonym for New Zealanders.
In humans, a retroverted uterus is oriented towards the spine or back of the body, hence the colloquial terms 'tipped' or 'tilted' uterus.
I expect you can tell from the quoted text, but this is a book written in a colloquial style.
Everything hunky-dory?" is a colloquial expression of dubious quality.
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