Colloquialism - Examples and Definition of Colloquialism A colloquialism is a word or expression that is commonplace within a specific language, geographic region, or historical era Colloquialisms are useful in many ways as literary devices They can provide personality and authenticity to characters and dialogue in a literary work
Colloquialism - Wikipedia Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, colloquial speech, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication