Definition of: colloquial

(kə·lō′kwē·əl) adjective
1. Characteristic of or suitable to the informal language of ordinary conversation or familiar writing, but inappropriate for use on the formal level. Colloquial language is widely used by the educated in informal discourse and is not to be confused with substandard speech.
2. Conversational. Abbr. colloq.
—col·lo′qui·al·ly adverb
—col·lo′qui·al·ness noun

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"colloquial" has the frequency of use of 0.0003% on en.wikipedia.org.

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