Colloquialism
Definition of Colloquialism
- 1. A colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech Noun
Semanticaly linked words with "colloquialism"
- firewall
- fix
- heavy lifting
- biz
- game
- no-brainer
- crapshoot
- snogging
- wash
- aggro
- dickey-bird
- dickeybird
- dicky-bird
- dickybird
- bunny
- bunny rabbit
- bib-and-tucker
- delf
- funny wagon
- boom box
- ghetto blaster
- lemon
- stinker
- long johns
- main drag
- put-put
- rathole
- rattrap
- redbrick university
- ritz
- security blanket
- shooting gallery
- sunday best
- sunday clothes
- war paint
- smoke
- class
- setup
- backbone
- grit
- gumption
- guts
- moxie
- sand
- way
- number
- enormity
- drag
- hot stuff
- voluptuousness
- eye
- oculus
- optic
- peeper
- proboscis
- countenance
- kisser
- mug
- phiz
- physiognomy
- smiler
- visage
- can of worms
- hang-up
- think
- crosshairs
- turn-on
- negative stimulation
- turnoff
- plague
- bare bones
- pertainym
- teaser
- pickup
- double dutch
- put-down
- squelch
- squelcher
- takedown
- expression
- formulation
- rap
- bull session
- huddle
- powwow
- pep talk
- homestretch
- barnburner
- blessed event
- happy event
- creeps
- blahs
- banger
- firewater
- swad
- maffia
- mafia
- turf
- borscht belt
- borscht circuit
- borsht belt
- borsht circuit
- drink
- number one
- big cheese
- big deal
- big enchilada
- big fish
- big gun
- big shot
- big wheel
- head honcho
- bull
- cop
- copper
- fuzz
- pig
- canary
- cannon fodder
- fodder
- fresh fish
- crazy
- looney
- loony
- nutcase
- weirdo
- dick
- gumshoe
- hawkshaw
- dimwit
- doofus
- half-wit
- nitwit
- dodo
- fogey
- fogy
- fossil
- don't-know
- fence
- dud
- flop
- washout
- fuddy-duddy
- gal
- geezer
- head
- headhunter
- hustler
- operator
- wheeler dealer
- know-all
- know-it-all
- lazybones
- man
- middlebrow
- mouth
- mouthpiece
- paperhanger
- rainmaker
- clone
- dead ringer
- ringer
- shoofly
- gloomy gus
- picklepuss
- pouter
- sourpuss
- greyback
- johnny
- johnny reb
- reb
- rebel
- killjoy
- party pooper
- spoilsport
- wet blanket
- square
- square toes
- stuffed shirt
- thrush
- townee
- card
- wag
- wit
- woman
- cleanup
- killing
- giveaway
- meal ticket
- swag
- ice
- sparkler
- load
- soup
- size
- size of it
- state
- frazzle
- horniness
- hot pants
- hotness
- charley-horse
- charley horse
- dumps
- mopes
- crack
- shot
- street
- throw
- fug
- sticks and stone
- week from monday
- month of sundays
- blue moon
- figure
- foot
- hoof
- hoof it
- leg it
- keep one's eyes open
- keep one's eyes peeled
- keep one's eyes skinned
- give it a try
- give it a whirl
- break
- potted
- living
- come-at-able
- get-at-able
- getatable
- un-come-at-able
- un-get-at-able
- ungetatable
- dead-on
- hot
- fly
- hot under the collar
- huffy
- mad
- sore
- livid
- dinky
- dishy
- primo
- chicken
- chickenhearted
- lily-livered
- white-livered
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
- bone-idle
- bone-lazy
- chancy
- flukey
- fluky
- iffy
- punch-drunk
- silly
- slaphappy
- anserine
- dopey
- dopy
- foolish
- gooselike
- goosey
- goosy
- jerky
- buddy-buddy
- chummy
- thick
- togged
- bare-ass
- bare-assed
- in the altogether
- in the buff
- in the raw
- naked as a jaybird
- peeled
- raw
- stark naked
- starkers
- comfortable
- comfy
- bad
- tough
- flustered
- hot and bothered
- perturbed
- rattled
- jam-packed
- jammed
- packed
- far-out
- kinky
- offbeat
- quirky
- way-out
- boss-eyed
- broken
- busted
- knocked-out
- licked
- plummy
- done for
- gone
- kaput
- tall
- cushy
- easygoing
- soft
- flat-footed
- flatfooted
- hopped-up
- stoned
- live
- anxious
- dying
- ritzy
- het up
- dotty
- gaga
- wild
- no-frills
- big-ticket
- high-ticket
- cool
- groovy
- swagger
- in
- prehistoric
- classy
- posh
- swish
- snazzy
- gammy
- niffy
- matey
- pally
- palsy-walsy
- stuffed
- honest-to-god
- honest-to-goodness
- sure-enough
- bang-up
- bully
- corking
- cracking
- dandy
- great
- keen
- neat
- nifty
- not bad
- old
- peachy
- slap-up
- smashing
- swell
- hopeless
- crappy
- icky
- lousy
- rotten
- shitty
- stinking
- stinky
- no-good
- rubber
- shirty
- snorty
- straight
- shady
- sidesplitting
- dickey
- dicky
- big
- fiddling
- footling
- lilliputian
- little
- niggling
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- piffling
- trivial
- potty
- hep
- hip
- hip to
- highbrow
- highbrowed
- banging
- humongous
- thumping
- walloping
- whopping
- man-sized
- whacking
- bittie
- bitty
- itsy-bitsy
- itty-bitty
- teensy
- teensy-weensy
- teentsy
- teeny
- teeny-weeny
- wee
- weensy
- weeny
- insignificant
- canned
- transcribed
- blue-eyed
- fair-haired
- white-haired
- hexed
- jinxed
- blood-and-guts
- bodacious
- all-fired
- decent
- together
- awful
- frightful
- terrible
- tremendous
- one
- right
- some
- stuck
- mind-bending
- mind-blowing
- dressy
- cockamamie
- cockamamy
- beastly
- god-awful
- hellish
- half-baked
- screwball
- softheaded
- high-flown
- high-sounding
- inflated
- jumped-up
- white-shoe
- fat
- juicy
- kosher
- fishy
- funny
- suspect
- suspicious
- lunatic
- moonstruck
- screw-loose
- screwy
- all right
- fine
- hunky-dory
- o.k.
- ok
- okay
- umpteenth
- umptieth
- umteenth
- clubable
- clubbable
- shy
- a-one
- ace
- first-rate
- super
- tiptop
- top-notch
- topnotch
- tops
- boss
- brag
- bum
- cheap
- cheesy
- chintzy
- crummy
- punk
- sleazy
- tinny
- ropey
- ropy
- gobsmacked
- goggle-eyed
- openmouthed
- popeyed
- jiggered
- buttoned-up
- pumped
- pumped-up
- pumped up
- wired
- economical
- frugal
- scotch
- sparing
- stinting
- all in
- beat
- bushed
- dead
- whacked
- fuggy
- knock-down-and-drag-out
- knockdown-dragout
- goofy
- wacky
- whacky
- zany
- boiling
- plum
- plumb
- alright
- anyplace
- anywhere
- someplace
- somewhere
- all over
- everyplace
- everywhere
- anon
- apparently
- evidently
- manifestly
- obviously
- patently
- plain
- plainly
- awfully
- frightfully
- terribly
- by all means
- by no means
- not by a blame sight
- not by a long sight
- good
- soundly
- thoroughly
- forever
- forever and a day
- dingdong
- right smart
- at any rate
- at least
- leastways
- leastwise
- irregardless
- certainly
- for certain
- for sure
- sure
- sure as shooting
- sure enough
- surely
- easily
- easy
- slow
- slowly
- tardily
- in a pig's eye
- like crazy
- like hell
- like mad
- like sin
- like the devil
- like thunder
- hopelessly
- bang
- bolt
- slap
- slapdash
- smack
- rough
- roughly
- heaps
- plop
- plunk
- plump
- sweet
- sweetly