- Colloquialism
wiktionarypar colloquialism A colloquialism is a phrase that is common in everyday, unconstrained conversation, rather than in formal speech, formal writing academic writing , or paralinguistics . ref colloquial. n.d. . Dictionary.com Unabridged v 1.1 . Retrieved September 10, 2008, from http dictionary.reference.com browse colloquial Dictionary.com ref Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier. Colloquialisms are also sometimes referred to collectively as colloquial language . ref colloquialism. n.d. . Dictionary.com Unabridged v 1.1 . Retrieved September 10, 2008, from http dictionary.reference.com browse colloquialism Dictionary.com ref Examples Some examples of informal colloquialisms can include words such as y all or gonna or wanna , phrases such as Wiktionary old as the hills old as the hills and Wiktionary dead as a doornail graveyard dead , or sometimes even an entire aphorism Wiktionary There s more than one way to skin ... names given to soft drinks. Another example of colloquialism is the two different terms ... widely international colloquialism may be used in Interlingua. Expressions such as en las manos de... in the hands of... , Que pasa? What s going on? , are common. Distinction between colloquialism ... by any speaker this might include contractions such as you re, as well as colloquialisms. A colloquialism is a lexical item used in informal speech whilst the broadest sense of the term colloquialism ... but not all colloquialisms are slangisms. One method of distinguishing between a slangism and a colloquialism is to ask whether most native speakers know the word and use it if they do, it is a colloquialism ..., Ghil ad, Houndmills Palgrave Macmillan , 2003. ref Distinction between colloquialism and jargon .... Distinction between colloquialism and dialect The term dialect is used in two distinct ways ... ru simple Colloquialism sv Talspr k th uk zh yue ... more details
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- Mate (colloquialism)
Mate is a colloquialism used to refer to a friend and is commonly used in the United Kingdom , Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and Republic of Ireland Ireland , but is now dated in the United States and Canada. It is or has been used interchangeably with many equivalent terms, such as buddy popular in United States Canada , pal Scottish or bro New Zealand . It is sometimes abbreviated to M8 ref http www.smsdictionary.co.uk explain abbreviation M8 M8 SMS Dictionary Bot generated title ref . Origin Mate is a colloquialism with German or English origins. It is theorised that it started with use by Stevedore dock workers in the Victorian era . It might also be derived from the Dutch word maat which means friend . See also Gender role Bloke Dude wikt geezer Geezer Guy Everyman Friendship Mateship G ey vulgar G ey , a Mexican Spanish counterpart References reflist Unreferenced date April 2007 Category Australian slang Category Terms for males Category New Zealand slang ... more details
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- Veep
Veep can refer to The village of St Veep in Cornwall . Saint Veep , after whom the village is named. A colloquialism for vice president . A soft drink once made by Canada Dry disambig ... more details
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- Sjedu
Sjedu is the popular name and colloquialism for a western suburb of Sandane in the municipality of Gloppen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway . The place, Sjedu, is a small area located along the southside of Gloppefjorden stretching from the villages of Arnestad to Sande is known as S rstranda Southbeach for outsiders, but among its inhabitants is more commonly referred to as Sjedu. Sjedu is not very famous, but local inhabitants take pride in the beautiful nature and an abundance of fish and wildlife. The term Sjedu became famous because of an inhabitant s habit of using the colloquialism Sjedu as an ending to almost every sentence he spoke. Sjedu is a colloquialism that translates to you see . ref cite web url http www.sjedu.no title Nyhende fr S rstranda i Gloppen kommune language Norwegian accessdate 2010 08 07 ref References reflist External links http www.sjedu.no Sjedu Norway SognFjordane geo stub Category Geography of Sogn og Fjordane Category Gloppen no Rygg Gloppen ... more details
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- Marrow
Marrow may refer to Bone marrow , the flexible tissue interior to bone Squash plant Marrow comics , a character in the X Men comic series Marrow novel Marrow novel , a science fiction novel by Robert Reed The Marrow Controversy , occasioned by the republication of The Marrow of Modern Divinity in 1718 A Cumbria n colloquialism for friend disambig ... more details
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- BMOC
BMOC can refer to British Mathematical Olympiad Committee Big Man on Campus , a television series Big Man on Campus , an American colloquialism for a popular high school or college boy involved in some high profile activity, such as varsity sports or school government. disambig ... more details
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- Bury the Hatchet
Bury the Hatchet may mean Bury the hatchet , an American English colloquialism, referring to a Native American custom Bury the Hatchet album Bury the Hatchet album , a 1999 album by the Irish rock band The Cranberries Bury the Hatchet , a song from the album Kezia Protest the Hero album Kezia by the Canadian band Protest the Hero disambig ... more details
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- Battler
Battler may refer to Battler album Battler album , 2009 album Aussie battler , an Australian colloquialism HMS Battler D18 , an escort aircraft carrier Barcode Battler , a handheld gaming console Battler Ushiromiya, a character from Umineko no Naku Koro ni . disambig ... more details
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- Big cock
Big cock may refer to An album by the band King Kurt . A colloquialism for a large human penis. See Human penis size . A large rooster . Big Cock Records , a record label . PT 617 , also known as Big Red Cock, an American torpedo boat. disamb ... more details
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- Gabba
Gabba may refer to WP MOSDAB Music Gabber Gabber music , a subgenre of techno in electronic music. Gabba band , a tribute band covering the pop songs of ABBA in the punk style of The Ramones Gabba Front Berlin , a 1990s German techno band of gabba music Gabba Gabba Hey album Gabba Gabba Hey album , a 1991 tribute album to The Ramones named after one of the band s catchphrases People Carlo Francesco Gabba 1865 1920 , an Italian lawyer Places The Gabba , a colloquialism for the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Australia The Gabba , a colloquialism referring to the suburb of Woolloongabba, Queensland Gabba Island Queensland aka Gerbar Island, in the Torres Strait , an uninhabited Australian island south of Papua New Guinea Other topics Gabbeh , a type of Iranian pile rug of coarse quality Yo Gabba Gabba , a children s television series See also Gaba disambiguation GABA disambiguation disambig ... more details
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- Zit
wiktionarypar zit Zit may refer to Zit, colloquialism for pimple Zit comic , an adult British comic. Zits , a print syndication syndicated daily comic strip by Jerry Scott Gentle zits , fictional objects Grand Theft Auto IV Soundtrack ZiT is a music identification service for radio stations in Grand Theft Auto IV disambig ... more details
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- Footer
Wiktionarypar footer Footer may refer to Colloquialism for association football soccer or rugby football Abbreviation for Page footer word processing The unit of measure of difficulty of a particular song in the video game Dance Dance Revolution . ex. Can t Stop Fallin in Love on Heavy is a 9 footer A construction term that can be used in parallel by builders as an acceptable substitute for the word footing . disambig ... more details
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- Statistical noise
Statistical noise is the colloquialism for recognized amounts of unexplained variation in a sample statistics sample . See errors and residuals in statistics . Examples Gaussian noise External links cite web url http www.faqs.org faqs ai faq neural nets part3 section 2.html title How does noise affect generalization? date 2001 05 21 publisher faqs.org accessdate 2008 07 13 http www.wisegeek.com what is statistical noise.htm What is Statistical Noise? Category Noise Category Statistical deviation and dispersion statistics stub ... more details
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- Race to the courthouse
Unreferenced date January 2009 Race to the courthouse is an colloquialism informal name used to describe the rule in some jurisdictions that the first conveyance instrument, Mortgage law mortgage , lien or judgment to be filed with the appropriate recorder s office, will have priority and prevail over documents filed subsequently, irrespective of the date of execution of the documents at issue. Category Informal legal terms ... more details
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- Bugger (disambiguation)
The word bugger has multiple meanings. Bugger can be used an expletive used in the vernacular . Buggery as used within the Buggery Act is a legal term for unlawful anal sex Bagger is German language German for digger or excavator the term is sometimes used as a colloquialism in English language English in this sense, also as the variation Bugger . Bugger is also a derogatory term for the Formics , an insect insectoid alien species in the Ender s Game series of novels. disambig ... more details
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- Morning wood
wiktionary Morning wood is a colloquialism referring to the phenomenon of penile erection following sleep, related to nocturnal penile tumescence . Morning wood may also refer to Morningwood , a rock band from New York City Morningwood album Morningwood album , the first album of the eponymous rock band Morning Wood , the 1995 debut album from the rock group The Rugburns Morning Wood , an episode of MTV comedy Beavis and Butthead Disambig ... more details
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- Bucket shop
Bucket shop refers to a particular type of Fraud fraudulent business Bucket shop heraldry Bucket shop stock market The term is used as a pejorative colloquialism to refer to different kinds of business es, indicating that the speaker believes it is a fraud or Confidence trick scam . In this sense it might be used as a name for stock market , unregulated credit default swaps , or for heraldry scams. The term is also used of airline consolidators airline ticket consolidators , though in this case there is no implication of fraud. de Bucket Shop disambig ... more details
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- Ground out
Ground out may refer to In baseball rules , when a batted ball hits the ground in fair territory, but a defensive player is able to gain possession of the ball and touch first base before the batter runner arrives. In electrical power , an electrical short circuit to earth, either intentional or accidental. This term is more commonly found as a US colloquialism in comparison to the British term short out . disamb ... more details
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- First Daughter
First Daughter may refer to First Daughter 1999 film , a television film starring Monica Keena and Mariel Hemingway First Daughter 2004 film , a feature film starring Katie Holmes The daughter of the President of the United States of America a colloquialism See also First Family and First Family of the United States . disambig de First Daughter pt First Daughter ru ... more details
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- Snow Job
Snow Job may refer to Snowjob , a colloquialism for a cover up Snow Job TV series , a 1983 Canadian sitcom Snow Job Entourage , the 10th episode of the 4th season of the HBO television series Entourage Snow Job G.I. Joe , a G.I. Joe ARAH character Snow Job , a song by Bruce Haack on his 1981 album BITE disambig ... more details
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- Lame
wiktionary lame Lame means moving with pain or difficulty, or Colloquialism colloquially , an unconvincing argument. In modern slang, as in Valspeak , it is used to mean boring , or the antithesis of cool aesthetic cool . Not to be confused with Lam . Lame may also refer to Lameness equine , lameness in horses LAME , MP3 encoder Lame song Lame song , song by Unwritten Law disambig de Lame es LAME fr Lame ... more details
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- Stay Tuned
Wiktionary stay tuned Stay Tuned is a phrase often used on TV shows before commercial breaks in order to remind the viewer to continue watching. It has become a general colloquialism. It may also refer to Stay Tuned film Stay Tuned film , a 1992 American film Stay Tuned Chet Atkins album Stay Tuned Chet Atkins album , a 1985 musical recording Stay Tuned for Danger , a computer game disambig ... more details
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- The Slip
The Slip can refer to A colloquialism colloquial term meaning to leave hastily , usually without notice eg. Daniel gave us the slip The Slip album The Slip album , a 2008 album by industrial band Nine Inch Nails The Slip band , a contemporary avant rock trio from Boston, Massachusetts The Slip, a section of Swansea Beach disambiguation ... more details
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- North of the Border
North of the Border may refer to In film and television North of the Border film North of the Border film , a 1946 film by B. Reeves Eason In radio http www.northoftheborderradio.wordpress.com North of the Border radio , an American public radio program hosted by Wayne Henning. As a colloquialism Scotland , in England and Wales Canada , in the United States United States , in Mexico See also South of the Border disambiguation disambig ... more details
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- The Spice of Life
The Spice of Life is the name of The Spice of Life Kazumi Watanabe album The Spice of Life Kazumi Watanabe album The Spice of Life Marlena Shaw album The Spice of Life Marlena Shaw album The Spice of Life Earl Klugh album The Spice of Life Earl Klugh album wikt variety is the spice of life Variety is the spice of life , a colloquialism Disambig ... more details
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