Kevin Gates

Recreative' is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don't like the way that 'recreational' sounds - I don't like to say I do a lot of 'recreational' reading. I like to say that I read 'recreatively.' I do a lot of 'recreative' reading.

American Musician

Peaches Geldof

Broadsheets can be scathing. But I have respect for broadsheet journalists because they haven't succumbed to degrading themselves, to writing pidgin English with all these terrible colloquialisms, the phrasing of which is just, like, embarrassing.

British Journalist

Ben Gibbard

People always talk about how time flies; it's become sort of a colloquialism now. You don't really understand it until you reach your late 30s and early 40s - and I'm sure time will move even faster as I get older.

Beck

I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s.

Colloquialisms can vary widely by region, adding distinct local flavor to speech.

Cultural Flavor

Use colloquialisms to sound more casual and friendly in everyday conversations.

Casual Interactions

Avoid colloquialisms in formal writing or speeches; they can seem out of place.

Not for Formal

In writing, colloquialisms can give characters a more realistic and relatable voice.

Literature Authenticity

A narrator's use of colloquialism can create a conversational tone in stories.

Narrative Voice

Colloquial language can help establish a story's setting by reflecting the time period.

Period Setting

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 and what are the words, colloquialisms, that we have with the expressions. It's all if. So what if we were living in balloon houses? It would make a very uplifting world.