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colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech firewall - (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust; he moved the throttle to the firewall
An informal expression that is more often used in casual conversation than in formal speech or writing. Colloquialisms are not substandard or illiterate speech, says Maity Schrecengost. Rather, they are idioms, conversational phrases, and informal speech patterns often common to a particular region or nationality. Not found everywhere, colloquialisms are words and phrases that we learn at home rather than at school (Writing Whizardry, 2010). See Examples and Observations below.