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determined, and the reliable sources for them. Shortcuts WP:COLLOQUIALWP:COLLOQUIAL WP:COLLOQUIALISMWP:COLLOQUIALISM WP:EMPHATICWP:EMPHATIC WP:FORMALWP:FORMAL...

there are interesting things to say about the interaction between the colloquial usage and the mathematical usage, I might change my vote. -lethe talk...

The result was delete. - Daniel.Bryant 23:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC) Colloquial standardization requirement (edit | talk | history | protect | delete |...

this page.‎ The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 00:16, 9 March 2010 (UTC) Colloquial Obsession (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

though this is often considered colloquial. Don't can be used to mean "does not"; however, this is considered colloquial to most speakers. The spelling...

Guide to deletion (glossary) Help, my article got nominated for deletion! Colloquial Cantonese in Hong Kong (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links |...

"explanations" runs counter to the human tendency to express ourselves in colloquial and local (non-universal) concepts. Likewise it runs in defiance to ideas...

another article if the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous. Never use a colloquial title other than those listed above, unless you are adding a mention of...

once belonged to them are "interred." The current inaccurate language is colloquial, and not encyclopedic, and thus the proper language to use on Wikipedia...

"they were scrapped in favor of": seems colloquial. Done - Changed to removed. "announced to move on with": colloquial again. Done - Changed to continue. "tr-branded":...

Delete This is patent nonsense. There is no such league. Nor is this a colloquial term. I suspect it was merely invented by an alumnus of one of these universities...

called Hip Colloquial, is a Liberian music genre close to Hip Hop. Hipco is Hip hop sung in colloquial, the form of English. Although colloquial English...

made to this page. The result of the discussion was: merge to Like#As a colloquial quotative. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 07:59, 22 May 2019 (UTC)...

expressing it are available. Many editors and readers believe that it is too colloquial and informal in tone to be used in a reference work. Per the guideline...

deleted due to copyright concerns. MER-C 19:24, 30 November 2022 (UTC) Colloquial Welsh pronouns (history · last edit · rewrite) from https://silo...

to be when I was young) common in British colloquial use, particularly as a variant of the equally colloquial 'off' = 'from': I got it off of Cliff.""...

the stereotypical negative associations towards cowboys and the evolved colloquial meaning to refer to one "who is reckless or ignores potential risks, irresponsible...

formal vs. colloquial register needs to be considered. Formal language is almost always stiff sounding when contrasted with colloquial speech. "I've...

admonished for seeking to use Wikipedia as a source of medical advice. Some colloquial terms or phrases may incorporate "wiki", but are nevertheless unique terms...

the full/formal name, and Skule seems to be a colloquial term. If I had to pick, I'd redirect the colloquial term to the formal name. —Mar·ka·ci 17:13, 2005...

This article is a very personal piece with bad or ultra-colloquial English ("bestest.") Perhaps it could be placed in with cinema by the same producer...

inconsistently used British and American spellings, used informal and colloquial language, etc. I've contributed a lot but everyone needs an editor! Thanks...

22 August 2009 (UTC) I'm up for that - "common usage" is more colloquial than "colloquial" :) Pseudomonas(talk) 11:18, 22 August 2009 (UTC) The above discussion...

(talk) 23:17, 18 August 2016 (UTC) They can be quite far. Conversational colloquial Thai uses mostly native words (including old borrowings that are accepted...

wording does the job without being too colloquial for an encyclopedia (as I say, "quantum advance wasn't too colloquial for the source, which is an official...

spoken (colloquial) English? 2A06:C701:7469:5D00:79A0:4F6B:4303:B768 (talk) 11:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC) The second – this is normal colloquial British...

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Essentially due to original research; the term has colloquial usage only. There are several issues with the article including its references...

machine" I know that "machine" is colloquially used in English for a computer. What other things would be colloquially called "machine"? (In German, the...

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 13 Free word order Colloquial English "Siccing dogs" Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020...

of the colloquial term to describe a stochastic process (see https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C21&q=white+noise+colloquial...

Fix places using colloquial phrases and where the flow is awkward. Save-Me-Oprah(talk) 04:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)...

Revolutionary War. Historically distinguished for its pioneering use of colloquial language, the Yankee dialect, battle scene realism, high characterization...

collection of different violent events of the "colloquial" use. The Iraq War article covers this informal colloquial use. JDR 15:12, 20 October 2005 (UTC) Delete...

object with the accusative case marker, but you may sound more formal than colloquial. In the right context, it may be omitted as long as the meaning can still...

DES (talk) 21:29, 8 December 2005 (UTC)) Although it is qualified as "colloquial term," this term appears to have been invented by the author. While I...

positive. In the example above, "You ain't drunk driving, are you?" is a colloquial way of asking "Are you drunk driving?" It is understood that the person...

Levantine speakers often call their language al-ʿāmmiyya ('slang' or 'colloquial Arabic') and until recently it was rarely written. However, with the emergence...

best Swedish word or expression that captures this sense of "thing" in colloquial English? Tevildo (talk) 12:30, 3 April 2015 (UTC) So basically you want...

there is not really an official cannabis strain with this name, it's a colloquial term.--Mjpresson (talk) 04:29, 22 May 2011 (UTC) Note: This debate has...

From the Wikimedia Techblog Users of full database downloads (known colloquially as "dumps") of Wikimedia content will be pleased to know that a full...

2011 (UTC) I found this. 'Våran' appears to be a colloquial variant of 'vår', and 'vårat' a colloquial variant of 'vårt'. I've heard 'eran', but there...

rather than an individual, a unit or a battle, 'temporary gentlemen' is a colloquial term referring to officers of the British Army who held temporary (or...

someone's "translation" of a passage of Romeo and Juliet into modern, colloquial language. Postdlf 18:55, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC) Delete. I took the liberty...

refers, colloquially, to the metropolitan area, and officially, to the municipality. In the same way, the term "Mexico City" refers, colloquially, to the...

that an infected bat´s faeces alone can transmit the disease. This may be a colloquial hyperbole. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 15:27, 25 August 2016 (UTC)...

thrown off continuously by what I suspect is Duolingo's adherence to colloquial Welsh and Google Translate's adherence to formal Welsh. For example: I...

I gave the present to's mother, though that is probably restricted to colloquial spoken English and would be avoided in edited writing. Angr (talk) 07:02...

the debate was DELETE. Linuxbeak | Talk 22:12, 16 October 2005 (UTC) Colloquial dictionary definition with no links to it. Scott Davis Talk 10:13, 10...

technical meaning, or is it just a common English word used with its colloquial meaning? —David Eppstein (talk) 04:59, 3 January 2022 (UTC) Delete - per...

sure whether "a ride" is colloquial or simply AmE, but I've changed it to "a lift". Wikt doesn't mark either as colloquial or regional, but I hope this...

instrumental in the transition.  Done Your style is at times a bit too colloquial, at least for me: "the government feared"  Done "Construction section":...

De-orphaning articles is an important aspect of building the web. More colloquially, editors also sometimes use "orphan" to refer to pages that do not have...

can't be arsed to think of a better term". Basically means "very good" in colloquial British English from what I can see. --Jayron32 00:31, 22 September 2014...

"Temporary gentlemen" is a colloquial term referring to male officers of the British Army who held temporary (or war-duration) commissions, particularly...

with Reprogenetics. At present the lead of Designer baby says it's a colloquial term "... usually used pejoratively to signal opposition to such use of...

verse, short stories, and novels — many defined by rhythmic lyricism, colloquial language, meditative naturalism, and philosophical contemplation — received...

materials mostly taken from the article on Leopold Schefer with some colloquial additions. -- €pa (talk) 17:03, 27 November 2009 (UTC) Speedy Delete Is...

subjectless 1st plural verbs is possible ("Marchons!"), but I'm not sure how colloquial/productive this is... AnonMoos (talk) 01:40, 25 August 2013 (UTC) I understand...

and put some thought into the experience for the readers. They know the colloquial name "post-processing Hell"; they put it into Wikipedia; a redirect takes...

the writer Michael Gray called "a unique blend of the visionary and the colloquial". One of the first rock double albums, it peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard...

phrase in English, so we should be okay. :) "A ways out" is definitely colloquial in my usage. "A way out" for me would just mean an exit, with no distance...

page redirects to Pardon (as a legal notion) which has little to do with colloquial expression Excuse me. Alexei Kouprianov 16:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC) The...

proposed/discussed before being approved as a reference. Blogs are written in colloquial/abbreviations (no matter what language whatsoever) will not be accepted...

foreign-language original (such as Czech Republic for Česká republika) where it is a colloquial form (such as East Germany for German Democratic Republic and East Timor...

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2017 March 27 grammatical term Colloquial Arabic imperatives Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2017 March...

been compensated for through the use of neologisms in various dialects. Colloquial American English, for example, contains plural constructions that vary...

their classmate characters. :) "and buzz about ongoing subplots." A bit colloquial. I would say "and discuss ongoing subplots" or something. "threatened...

helpless cicada" A little colloquial- perhaps stress that the cicada is still alive, though. I concede that it is a tad colloquial, but I think that it makes...

Doktor(in).[2] Colloquially, a medical doctor may be referred to as a Doktor,[3] but more recently the unambiguous Arzt has gained also colloquial dominance...

They had been there for more than a year without a username and were colloquially known as 84.135, a shortened form of the account's IP address. And probably...

literature search finds enigmatic personality only being used in the ordinary, colloquial sense, not as an actual specialist term in psychology. XOR'easter (talk)...

read on a German Facebook page that there are quite a few dialectal or colloquial words for the term "picky" in German. Here are some of the ones: krüsch...

Colloquial Welsh nouns - very close following as seen here. Onel5969 TT me 18:53, 3 April 2019 (UTC) User:onel5969 I which you'd have listed a source url...

(UTC) He could have graduated with the class of 1992,.. - sounds a bit colloquial - could just say 'He could have graduated in 1992,..' --  ThinkBlue  (Hit...

machine translation with no human editing. The direct quotations and some colloquial expressions are particularly in need of better translation. At points...

very limited use. If we redirect this, do we have a redirect for every colloquial term for a body part that may have acne? Content is nonsense that contradicts...

PS: That's the polite or so called distal form: if you want to be more colloquial or if you want to embed that clause in a larger sentence, such as forming...

needs wikification and more references. (talk) Lady Audley's Secret Uses colloquial rather than encyclopedic language. Jackiespeel (talk) 18:14, 21 July 2010...

--Fenice 08:15, 9 August 2005 (UTC) Keep. Zeni means just money. Somewhat colloquial, old expression. It is not fictional unit of money in Manga/Anime world...

in the lede. Perhaps rather than "penniless," which may come off as WP:COLLOQUIAL, I would suggest "impoverished" or "destitute." The lede is otherwise...

data backup and storage, offered to host a copy of the WMF's backups (colloquially known as "dumps") (wikitech-l mailing list). Wikimedia Engineering Program...

overwhelming number of Mandarin-speaking Singaporeans use Singdarin in colloquial speech and I find it peculiar that you have not noticed this despite claiming...

2005 (UTC) Delete. This is clearly a vanity page and the language is too colloquial. --Charlotte131 18:05, 1 October 2005 (UTC) Delete - Not a particularly...

Paper Mario. -- JJay 22:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC) Delete the language is colloquial and the subject can be covered in Paper Mario. -- (aeropagitica)  00:32...

talk) 00:47, 15 September 2024 (UTC) Listed GA in 2010, now full of WP:COLLOQUIAL and uncited text. Kimikel (talk) 00:30, 6 September 2024 (UTC) The discussion...

protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log) Seems to be a colloquial nonsense page for cocaine, I would say delete and redirect the term, but...

demystification if it were possible, but someone either understands current colloquial English or they don't. I'm sure "with all due respect" in certain places...

being simple link-spam. Delete and redirect to Brown Rat as a plural of a colloquial name for the species. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 10:41, Feb. 2, 2006 Delete...

utilizes the Dabbawala. Specific comments are that the text is a little too colloquial in parts, especially "fast food joints" and "B-schools". That whole paragraph...

valid plurals of "person", with different connotations: "people" more colloquial and more emphasizing their collective identity, "persons" more formal...

February 15 MLA style Catalan and Occitan "don" German colloquial phrase Tim Saunders Word games that depend on Phoneme and Morpheme ambiguity...

since August 2009 for being advert, biased, citationstyle, possible COI, colloquial, copyedit, introrewrite, likeresume, orphan, peacock, refimprove, spam...

deleted. Although the storm has been given another formal name. This colloquial name has not only been used by members of the General Public, but also...

slightly away from suggesting deletion on the grounds of it being just a colloquial term. Nick Moyes (talk) 23:10, 15 February 2018 (UTC) Merge as per Mangoe...

2005 (UTC) Keep. So is "ciao". It is understandable that discussions of colloquial niceties of small communities are not found in research papers on the...

here, unless they appeared in other series "who hang around" -- is too colloquial "make money off their peers" -- "take" and "from" perhaps? Not sure why...

Many users here at the English Wikipedia are unaware of Meta-Wiki (colloquially referred to as "Meta"), a wiki designed and designated for interproject...

(UTC) Cleanup or redirect, tho i dont know where. the voice is a bit colloquial, but the concept is real (barring the google reference maybe) and feminist...

exists, as a redirect to Retard, which correctly identifies the term as "colloquial, usually considered offensive". TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs)...

advertising campaign. The article's central claim that 'Dove Beauties is a colloquial phrase' seems to be unfounded. I suggest deletion, but at the very least...

communicate with someone who natively speaks an Arabic colloquial which is very different from your own colloquial, then the number would be much larger... AnonMoos...

Blackner disagreed. Wikipedia enters the picture when "vernacular or colloquial is key to the resolution of a case"; the judges found that "Wikipedia...

-- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 09:29, 21 November 2020 (UTC) I agree; in colloquial use the term implies both names are the same, although in the case of...

doesn't even define the subject. Some seem to understand the term as a colloquial abbreviation for Videographer (then it should be a redirect), other say...

delete. Bratschetalk 5 pillars 02:21, August 29, 2005 (UTC) Seemingly a colloquial term for Footscray, which the author can't even spell correctly, which...

Biography "He did not find university life to his taste..." - a little colloquial, don't you think? "...a youthful team... They included names..." - I don't...

Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:29, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC) A Bong is also colloquial for a Bengali, a resident of Bengal. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:22, Jun 24, 2005...

1972; also, is "topped off" the right phrase to use here? It sounds a bit colloquial (but then again I know next to nothing about architecture!) I noticed...

each topic - they are not understandable. Why are they there? Is there a colloquial or formal term of address for female bosses? English to a Japanese...

acceptable in some informal situations to refer to young adult women, colloquially, esp. under the age of 25, as "girls".--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c...

Grk1011 (talk) 01:25, 5 February 2008 (UTC) Apparently it is used as a colloquial abbreviation for aspirin by some ([1]). Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:30, 5 February...

- contribs) 22:06, 1 September 2007 (UTC) Delete - In addition to its colloquial name, the article does not appear to assert its notability; which may...

(talk) 03:46, 8 November 2012 (UTC) Keep, for now. Lower Bottoms is the colloquial name for the neighborhood by those who live there. It's also listed as...

monster from 1864 known by the name "Sandwich"? Quotes from 1864 written in colloquial english. No listing I can find for any of the "references".) Not, however...

"clock" in computing is relevant and the technical equivalent of the colloquial term would be either "clock signal" or perhaps clock generator. --User:Ceyockey...

(talk) 18:17, 8 May 2018 (UTC) The first is not a quote, it's just a colloquial summary with some emphasis. Regards SoWhy 09:10, 9 May 2018 (UTC) We don't...

the arbiters was among the causes resulted in his ban. The emphasis on "colloquial" language (See two diffs above) as justification for blanking an entire...

few lines extracted from "The Road Not Taken" by poet Robert Frost: The colloquial meaning of "Taking the road less traveled" could be argued to be an ironic...

focused on translating the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy into colloquial English; her first two translations were published in 1949 and 1955. She...

free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This article is about a colloquial term. The fact that the term has been used by some notable writers does...

page redirects to Pardon (as a legal notion) which has little to do with colloquial expression Pardon me. Alexei Kouprianov 16:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC) Comment...

appears to be a duplicate page, the title "Istano Basa" is an alternate colloquial name to Pagaruyung Palace. The existing article already contains a section...

Forget the "about". It makes no sense in any of the combos, either in colloquial or formal English. "This is not something [what / which / that] I would...

conform to WP:NPOV. (e.g. "tender parting with his monks.") It may be too colloquial in some places. (e.g., "butt of jokes") All in all, WP:MOS might be ultimately...

or "The second is really to be universal." That said, the sentence is colloquial or slang in tone and really does not say anything substantively. "Kind...

Learning basic handwriting again Grammatical forms sounding weird in Colloquial English, as compared to their ungrammatical parallels. Language change...

JSTOR · TWL) Non-notable geographic feature as per WP:NGEO; named based on colloquial opinion. Any genuine content (with supporting references, which this article...

article, due to the fact that it is a neologism not in common or even colloquial use. It should be deleted since it is a dictionary definition and cannot...

have three or four articles on this concept under various ill-referenced colloquial names. It's almost as if we have a lot of juvenile male editors. Spooky...

deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) "colloquial term for intercepted cell phone communication". Article has only one source...

should go- all talk should happen on the scallion page, them both being colloquial names not differing. —Lightgodsy(TALKCONT) 10:36, 18 March 2015 (UTC)...

AnonMoos (talk) 23:40, 2 September 2018 (UTC) "Is when" is acceptable in colloquial English, but should usually be rephrased succinctly in more formal English...

None of the supposedly disambiguated entries would be refereed to in colloquial Hebrew speech by the shorthand "Kokhav" (which would typically refer to...

Keep - unsourced is a surmountable problem. Notable - well known, and colloquial. Lightburst (talk) 22:15, 3 October 2021 (UTC) Note: This discussion has...

Stand may sometimes be referred to as "Sir Bob Stand" or "Bob Stand" colloquially. — MarkH21 (talk) 05:27, 29 September 2019 (UTC) I very much doubt it...

scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) The notability of this colloquial term is not verifiable by reliable sources. Most of the referenced sources...

the nominator that its uses appear to be as a common phrase with the colloquial English meaning of its words, interpreted in different ways by different...

refering to himself as a Sexasaurus. This is in no way a wide spread colloquial for the artist and has no reason to exist as a redirect. Padillah (talk)...

"Anyplace" is colloquial for "anywhere". However, the other words use their noun form after any; we say anyone or anybody not anywho; we say anything not...

romance, and authenticity, as rendered in lead singer David Johansen's colloquial and ambiguous lyrics. New York Dolls was met with widespread critical...

could be found? PamD 10:29, 24 April 2015 (UTC) Comment This may be a colloquial name for a beach of a different name. If it can be proven to be such and...

are reading too much into Timberlake's lyric. It is just written in a colloquial style. I don't know where you are from or if English is your first language...

term for this just recently, not just the term UV light, but something colloquial. Of course I cannot remember what that was.... μηδείς (talk) 02:18, 10...

have heard "quote" being used as a noun, but I always thought this to be colloquial usage. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 11:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC) I agree...

him for his tactlessness and he replies "Je suis OP". My knowledge of colloquial French begins and ends with "d'ac" so I'm curious. Doug butler (talk)...

century the pronunciation norm of the high style was shifting to Moscow colloquial speech and by the middle or the end of the century Г became pronounced...

use an "of a" construction: "They lived in much too small of a house" (colloquial), or, even better, "They lived in a house that was much too small" (formal)...

choice in colloquial English other than saying A preposition is a word you shouldn't end a sentence with. "With which" is just not colloquial anymore....

images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This term is nothing more than a colloquial phrase, and has already been mentioned in Education_in_India#Secondary_education...

allow subtle (or sometimes deliberately ambiguous) shades of meanings. In colloquial use, and many dialects (and several other languages) they act as an intensifier...

should be transcribed ibn unless a common transcription requires the colloquial bin (or ben and sometimes ibni and ibnu to show the grammatical case of...

In general terms though, the usage is the same in the UK as the US. In colloquial British speech however, there is another construction; "The time I met...

(e.g. Siloty for people of Sylhet Division). Most other names are just colloquial and would not appear in sources. – nafSadh did say 17:54, 18 December...

debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 04:08, 30 January 2006 (UTC) this is a colloquial term. suitable for the dictionary Ginar 02:31, 24 January 2006 (UTC) Delete...

it is mostly colloquial to start a sentence with a number, anyway).--KageTora (talk) 12:17, 23 March 2009 (UTC) But is it that colloquial to start a sentence...

competition eating. The problem is that the contest which he eats within is colloquial, and not mainstream, however within this week I will provide sources for...

←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:18, 22 April 2020 (UTC) In colloquial use, the word "animal" excludes human beings, as when someone says, "We...

WP:MEDRS as a predominate sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children. Colloquially, "pedophiles" are defined as criminals who engage in child sexual abuse...

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 April 2 How is the pinky colloquially called in Britain or other English speaking regions?...

Team" or "United States women's national soccer team" ? "hails from" ? colloquial; was she born there, or did she grow up there? For the infobox: 1994–1998...

that there is no fixed thing of this name, and nothing beyond a little colloquial usage on a non-Australian forum to back it up. This is pure WP:OR on a...

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 April 16 Chinese saying Colloquial American English:Lifts JapaneseChinese Translation: Fruity Oaty Bars propaganda...

middle of the 20th century. The 1956 book An Introduction to Egyptian Colloquial Arabic by T.F. Mitchell (ISBN 0-19-815148-9) uses a form of it which looks...

not a dictionary, as it is just a dictionary definition and only for a colloquial fan nickname, too, not any sort of official term. Could merit a one-line...

degree of variation in the condition's severity.." is better. Sounds colloquial and odd as is. I changed it to "Autism's manifestations cover a wide spectrum"...

reaffirmed. Temporary gentlemen (Dumelow) 'Temporary gentlemen' is a colloquial term referring to officers of the British Army who held temporary (or...

Any progress there? 81.170.80.140 (talk) 11:10, 14 June 2020 (UTC) In colloquial English is it relatively common to drop "do" or "are" in questions (e...

definitely some. Prehaps a better name for the article rather than the colloquial dictionary definition. Think outside the box 12:48, 20 March 2007 (UTC)...

Arabic will be sufficient for your needs. It is the most widely spoken colloquial dialect, and the one used on TV (except for news, of course), and music...

but here are some suggestions. inline citations. The word "nowadays" is colloquial, change to "In modern usage," or something similar. I would add something...

short for M/mistress [of the house, of course], which in addition has a colloquial form missus/missis. Bessel Dekker 17:49, 16 October 2007 (UTC) Are "jar"...

'was'. "a one-off Hugo" -- What does this mean? 'One-off' seems pretty colloquial. "which closely followed the proposed language for the Best Fancast category...

or vs. nor Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 August 13 Colloquial phrase issue of quantum Lover of phonetics Latin translation Pronunciation...

sentence. Another complication with Welsh is that the gap between the colloquial and the literary language is much wider than it is in most European languages...

significant period of time, or something, this "overnight" speak is a wee bit colloquial. Wernicke's caption could be expanded a little to make it interesting...

usually regardless of any spectators. It most likely derives from Finnish colloquial verb pissata, meaning to urinate and was originally used for underage...

of books including The Basque Language: A Practical Introduction and Colloquial Basque. Jamie Edward Hanrahan, better known on Wikipedia by his initials...

medical professional, colloquially called a "doctor", who has examined the individual. An individual who is seeing a doctor is colloquially called a "patient"...

06:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC) Delete as written — attempting to elevate a colloquial name for a short-lived independent state to "Republic" status — with no...

September 2012 (UTC) Delete - per reasons given by PrimeHunter. It's a colloquial term used on forums but not suitable for a WikiPedia article.--Wolbo (talk)...

this title would also not be appropriate as the appending of "HSG" (a colloquial abbreviation that refers to the University of St. Gallen) to the course...

"ruffled or angry temper". The OED reports that this is originally a US colloquial usage. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 10:21, 19 March 2012 (UTC) The expression...

by a couple of anonymous contributers in a subjective, second person colloquial style that promotes the product, eg: "Improvements that previously took...

artifice, medical arts, and military arts. However, there are many other colloquial uses of the word, all with some relation to its etymology. Music is the...

(talk) 09:59, 9 October 2019 (UTC) Delete "Horn African" as a term seems colloquial. Article looks to be WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. No results for "Horn African"...

itself.[1] Two usages for "Theodore Syndrome", which the article says is a colloquial form; one is a form of conjunctivitis and another appears to be a running...

15 January 2017 (UTC) Nitpicks are always welcome on the RefDesk, but colloquially using the term 'electrons' to stand for electricity and/or electronic...

Freudian slip, Lapsus, Typographical error, Clerical error, not on every colloquial term for a general mistake. I guess you could redirect to error but that...

sentence Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 August 19 Things colloquially called "machine" in English Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022...

to Template:R from colloquial name. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 20:16, 2 June 2020 (UTC) Oppose The article is Nickname, Colloquial name is a redirect to...

when the phrase is used as a preamble to some present consequences. In colloquial German the perfect is rarely used (this applies to Austro-Bavarian, but...

predator" is not a sufficient criterion for inclusion. A few analogies: The colloquial term "freetard" is frequently used by mainstream media such as The Register...

Softvision, using photos of Berry uploaded by Bezzanet. Note that "Bezza" is a colloquial nickname in the UK for the surname "Berry": [1] Wikishovel (talk) 02:30...

The spelling differences might be because of the difference between colloquial and English language difference. So it might be better to redirect.Lakun...

Drchriswilliams (talk) 18:42, 17 January 2015 (UTC) Merge as an obviously colloquial reference to a topic we cover much better elsewhere, as noted above. Guy...

sexist term - No. Now, is this term a formalized one? No. It has come into colloquial speak, and is seeking formalization based on the widespread usage. My...

Musaabdulrashid 07:12, 14 August 2006 (UTC) Slang is an important part of colloquial language. They do not illustrate in any way the structure of the language...

Unnotable. It is not a standard, technology, or trademark, but rather a colloquial term for several proprietary wireless products and technologies which...

and a provision for a discussion to determine the names of what are colloquially known as the pro-life and pro-choice articles. The Committee endorsed...

fighting alongside rather than against the Holy Spirit. "round" sounds colloquial, "around" is probably better Later, other groups of Doukhobors were resettled...

would be appropriate in a book about the times, but needs to be less colloquial if it's part of the encyclopedia. See WP:WEASEL for what I mean. There...

(talk) 07:58, 5 October 2019 (UTC) Delete "Horn African" as a term seems colloquial. Article looks to be WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. No results for "Horn African"...

"schnüffeln" (en: nuzzle, sniff, sniffle, snoop, snuffle) as synonymous and colloquial. A mid 19th century dictionary reports that "schnüffeln" was at the time...

2006 (UTC) I have improved the lead section and replaced some of the colloquial language to take into account these comments. I will address the referencing...

understand, these are only used when disambiguation is necessary - in colloquial speech, both languages use the word for "day" (Finnish päivä, Swedish...

mathematical point of view, 1 is certain and 0 is certainly not. From a colloquial point of view then anything goes. Use "Acme's gadget for 110% success"...

necessary to provide context. Aside from this, you do drift into using some colloquial words, the most egregious of which is "crush", which could probably be...

"Je ne peux" is very unusual. To abbreviate, you can omit the "ne" in colloquial French ("j'peux pas"), but pas is the crucial indicator of negation to...

business at the level of a CEO of a major company, and as such, in a colloquial not wp-technical sense, she should be notable. However, as others have...

few and none constitute more than passing mention. It's a reasonable colloquial term that someone familiar with the usage of "Dominion" as it was used...

(talk) 22:44, 16 November 2007 (UTC) "... to land a trophy ..." a bit colloquial. changed to win Peanut4 21:51, 14 November 2007 (UTC) "star players" -...

I'm curious about the 'best not' construction. Is it grammatical, is it colloquial, regional, antiquated...I've heard it before, but I don't think its very...

Wandering off-topic, it made me wonder whether there's any tendency in 'colloquial' written German to drop the capitalisation of nouns. Not as in the way...

fails WP:RS and can’t be verified correctly. Miss Dirty seems to be a colloquial term for Dirty Martini (burlesque) - Pmedema (talk) 18:57, 23 December...

factual jokes on the main page for that annual comedy festival, known colloquially as April Fools' Day. The featured article blurb was written in a way...

16:18, 25 September 2007 (UTC) -"entered the picture" sounds a little colloquial and doesn't really explain what happened. Did they enter the ring? Appear...

talent --> "him"? basically a hands-off policy -- this may be a little bit colloquial and could probably do with some clarification with Shinji Mori the only...

news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This is a colloquial expression and a WP:DICDEF. Gobonobo T C 13:40, 17 July 2010 (UTC) Keep...

And although "radically" is a literal translation of "radicalmente", colloquial English would be far more likely to use "completely". So, "His expression...

is the Commonwealth English way) Don't use the abbreviation, it is too colloquial. Dates, you use both international and US date format. Pick one and again...

Keep - As it stands, the treatment of the term in the article is far too colloquial for me to consider it to be of "encyclopedic quality". However, this can...

Fashionable Nonsense, which might be what the OP was thinking of. Another colloquial expression is all mouth and no trousers, but like the others mentioned...

not included on Wikipedia is determined by factors collectively and colloquially called the "criteria for inclusion," namely notability and the above-linked...

be. Guam's divisions are called municipalities (official), villages (colloquial) or cities (post office), and smaller "neighborhoods" are called subdivisions...

I agree it's confusing, though, since "western hemisphere" gets used colloquially to mean Europe & the Americas -- maybe it would be better to just say...

might consider asking for one at WP:GOCE It has been requested Avoid colloquial phrasings and maintain an encyclopedic tone at all times A few corrections...

(talk) 17:35, 9 November 2010 (UTC) Keep I've removed or toned down the colloquial/puff parts of this, added a ton of citations. He still doesn't appear...

(UTC) Comment Every researcher's lab is called after him, that's just colloquial use: "I did a rotation in the Smith lab", etc. I'm just here because I...

(talk) 18:49, July 22, 2005 (UTC) Keep. Against. It should be noted as a colloquial/slang term and cleaned up. But I don't see why delete it. --69.158.34...

of the lead Done. in the lead, bone of contention sounds a little too colloquial Changed to "flashpoint". in the lead, Contemporary Byzantine chroniclers...

a lot of work on their punctuation, and learn the difference between colloquial and formal language. C-. Tevildo 16:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC) Delete -...

somewhere around Nova Scotia, and my guess is this is a fairly common and colloquial name for unremarkable islands throughout the English world. Ivanvector...

06:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC) Delete perhaps it's obtained some element of colloquial use, but Merriam-Webster and Dorland's Medical Dictionary do not list...

20:35, 10 February 2009 (UTC) In the episode summaires try not to be too colloquial – e.g. I noticed the word "dorm" in episode 1 & 2 Fixed the "dorm." NOCTURNENOIR...

Byzantine period and in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The church, colloquially known until modern times as the Lady of the Pillars, fell into disrepair...

1835. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 23:12, 20 April 2019 (UTC) a. Originally (colloquial): pantaloons. Later: trousers of any kind (in early use applied to men's...

article. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:16, 7 April 2010 (UTC) Perhaps "...and colloquially as The 401 (pronounced four-oh-one), is..." would work better. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ...

instance, "hugely expensive" and the use of the term 'Dominions' seems a bit colloquial and not in an international summary style. The article feels like it can...

what's the "primary" topic here? The colloquial name for the sport or the film about the sport that used its colloquial name? Tough call. In the absence of...

satisfies notability, but the square exists. Pyrosvesteiou Square is the colloquial name of Konstantinou Square. Having lived in Patras for a decade, if you...

writing that needs a significant copyediting to improve, and turning colloquial phrasing into more encyclopedic wording. 2. It also still has a lot of...

similarity to gotem(speech) sometimes invokes cognitive dissonance during colloquial speeches as listeners are unable to distinguish differences in meaning...

reason.) I also note that the article says that this is "an upcoming colloquial usage in malayalam". Experience shows that when someone uses the word...

mathematics; most simply used the words in their ordinary meanings, in colloquial or legal contexts. I'd be surprised if as many as 5% of the total results...

adjectives alone: they are, admittedly, rather frequently. But does every colloquial shortcut justify a redirect page here? I continue to maintain that someone...

reasonable time frame. It is not up to you to decide if this term becomes more colloquial, so even if there is a Windows 12 onwards, that doesn't mean Windows 1x...

probably come at least slightly later. "caught on at home in the UK" colloquial language. at home in the UK is repetitive. "expressive singing" POV First...

broader cultural concern. From dictionaries that began including the colloquial words of common folk and encyclopedias with "family-unfriendly" articles...

every day in colloquial German speech. It is substandard, but nevertheless it serves as genitive, for most German dialects and ways of colloquial speaking...

"-ism" is a case where ignoring the rules needs to be invoked: there is a colloquial use of "-ism" by itself which makes it into a noun, pertaining to various...

isn't significant coverage of the subject. There are plenty of niche, colloquial, industry-specific ship building terms that aren't notable, but I don't...

ties to a particular English-speaking nation should use the (formal, not colloquial) English of that nation", which I take to also cover things like date...

words. "the track on YouTube had received over 200,000 views" Much too colloquial; "the track on YouTube had been viewed over 200,000 times" is better....

considered valid in some dictionaries and style guides (without being labelled colloquial, obsolete, local, or otherwise substandard), yet be deprecated in other...

things in Snapchat although Snapchat lenses are often called filters colloquially, but this doesn't eliminate the existence of filters. So "Snapchat filters...

literally by non-Arabic media (who may have an agenda) as "Death to X" has a colloquial meaning more akin to "Down with X." I'm personally less sanguine about...

provocateur or roulette. The title L'Via L'Viaquez isn't French either, it's colloquial Puerto Rican Spanish. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:46, 27 May 2007 (UTC) Oh, my...

and figure out what you were talking about. Also, "under his belt" is colloquial usage and unencyclopedic language. Hunt was was born in New Zealand before...

31 January 2006 (UTC) Merge with North Korea, since Choson is their colloquial name and all. Although it might make sense to add a {{fact}} tag to it...

single round, it should be referred to as a match, again regardless of colloquial use, for inter-article consistency. If a match conclusion is also the...

(UTC) Delete. First of all the phrase "brain lesion theory" is not in colloquial use as claimed in that first sentence. Newspapers.com comes up zeroes...

Thanks for the review. Yes, in retrospect, that sentence sounded very colloquial, so I have rewritten to sound more encyclopedic. As far as the 36/38 question...

one:[2]. Her book with Vladimir Shlyakhov, "Dictionary of Russian slang & colloquial expressions" had 3 editions and is held at 123 libraries[3]. Her book...

15 January 2023 (UTC) "Ibn" is the classical form, while "bin" is more colloquial. As part of a surname, "bin" is not really restricted to males, though...

(UTC) Merge to Third Coast, since those are apparently both marketing/colloquial names for the same region. To be honest, I've never heard either of those...

expression "Knobbler" doesn't necessarily mean that it does not exist as a colloquial usage, of course, but the provision of atleast a basic etymology would...

which are endemic to eastern and southern Asia. Both the scientific and colloquial name of the bird are related to its use of man-made structures. It builds...

than the proper title to distinguish given that they all share the same colloquial title, siddur. Joe407 (talk) 06:05, 10 October 2013 (UTC) See the footnote...

"the Chinese from 2000 years ago". All the phrases are gave are modern colloquial Chinese. --Bowlhover (talk) 17:32, 9 January 2014 (UTC) I suspect the...

all seemed a bit circular to me. My other problem was with the rather "colloquial" sounding name. "Grad" in Russian is "hail" (as in "hail from") isn't...

[pleasantries] 05:05, 1 March 2014 (UTC) "Different than" is acceptable in colloquial American speech, but considered inferior in writing. There is a usage...

Stuntz 12:57, 20 July 2006 (UTC) This seems more a complaint about the colloquial nature of blogs than the topic at hand. If somebody says in a blog, "Lisp...

distinctive enough of one to warrant its own entry, and it's more of a colloquial explanation of a bad situation in the first place. A side note to Lugnuts...

forms like "is founded by..." are wrong; it should be "was founded by". Colloquial expressions should be avoided. Examples: "take over the driving seat"...

(UTC) WTF?!?!? Where did you learn that rule, a semiotics professor? In colloquial communication Damn, she fine!!! is just fine, and not yelling, although...

meth-heads. Klonimus 07:00, 25 July 2005 (UTC) Keep. Reasonably common colloquial usage among computer users. Article is not very good but IMHO has considerable...

160.87.176 (talk) 17:04, 29 June 2013 (UTC) Absolutely, There are many colloquial English phrases where the negative and positive mean exactly the same...

Another small issue is that in the lead the phrase "know-how" sounds rather colloquial and not encyclopedic, you may wish to change that. Other than that it...

at Kath's place or giving Brett the cold shoulder)," this sounds too colloquial and possibly POV. If you want to get GA, you'll need more references,...

does appear to be a thing per the youtube videos, it might just be a colloquial phrase? I would love to see some individuals with some experience with...

to their advantage; na-na na-na boo-boo". It defines Pustekuchen! as "(colloquial) no way!, not gonna happen!, forget about it!" The English Wiktionary...

understanding of the language and the way it goes together, especially somewhat colloquially, is to read a book (if I watched a movie right now, I doubt I'd understand...

intelligible. Levantine speakers often call their language 'slang' or 'colloquial' (‏العامية‎ al-ʿāmmiyya). With the emergence of social media, attitudes...

made of word "Hui" ( khuy (huy) (Russian хуй) — penis, or for equivalent colloquial effect, dick) see Mat (Russian profanity)." Google doesn't suggest any...

which can be abbreviated by the initials R.F." "goes under" is rather colloquial. "can be abbreviated by" is an odd way of expressing this idea. "an accomplished...

contribs) deleted "Ball sweat" (g1 nonsense content was: 'Ball sweat is a colloquial name for the sweat produced by the apocrine sweat glands in a man's genital...

1871 masterpiece Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 (better known by the colloquial name Whistler's Mother) was promoted to featured status this week. The...

linguistic guide that promotes a neutral Hebrew register, rejecting both colloquial and high registers, enforced by an algorithm post factum." From the abstract:...

Felids, colloquially referred to as cats, are members of the mammal family Felidae in the order Carnivora. The term "cat" refers both to felids in general...

(talk) 22:34, 26 October 2022 (UTC) 3: In Bulgarian you sometimes hear the colloquial two-letter acronym АБ, referring either to the alphabet itself or to the...

during its heyday—roughly 1985 through 1991—that the period has become colloquially known as the "Nintendo era." As the 1990s dawned, however, renewed competition...

@True Pagan Warrior: So formal and colloquial English … Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 02:11, 27 April 2023 (UTC) "colloquial" presumes a particular audience, which...

(jarbarf) 18:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC) Redirect to AAVE. One is just the colloquial term for the other.--CastAStone|(talk) 19:37, 6 February 2007 (UTC) Er...

car for the people, that is a "Volkswagen". ...that Lake Constance is colloquially known as the Swabian Sea (das schwäbische Meer)? The lake itself is an...

Shakespeare wrote less formally in his plays, and obviously included more colloquial conversations. When I read formal documents written around 1611, they...

been declined. I can't find any evidence this term is used beside the colloquial meaning. There are few hits for it in GBooks/GScholar, but there is no...

"Oddballs" - Could this not be "miscellaneous others"? Oddballs is again quite colloquial. The reference list runs from endnotes to a bibliography with no dividers...

difference beyond simple isomorphism, but I sometimes read too much into colloquial terms within a mathematical context. -- ToE 17:59, 15 May 2020 (UTC) vairant...

some general copyediting, or at least remove whatever sounds informal, colloquial, figurative or idiomatic.  Done as asked. — Ssven2 speak 2 me 04:30, 14...

"film" is the preferred term at Wikipedia: (1) "movie" sounds rather colloquial and less formal than "film" (and encyclopedic tone should be somewhat...

File:Knockyoudownvideo.jpg to 300px wide Done "intro" is colloquial Done "diss" is slightly colloquial, too I don't know another word to use instead of "diss"...

of books including The Basque Language: A Practical Introduction and Colloquial Basque. Lewi died on 12 October 2025 at the age of 94. He edited mainly...

February 2006 (UTC) Keep i find it interesting to get to know more about the colloquial usage of english in non-english speaking countries ... h.e.n.g.s.t. 13:43...

is specifically created to record an existing name - either foreign or colloquial. A newspaper article cited by Chinese Wikipedia claims that the "gip jap"...

--PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 16:53, 10 March 2016 (UTC) Is it grammatically or at least colloquially correct to call it "dinner waiting game" when the game is about who can...

possible "Ratchet culture" article recently (which is a spinout from the colloquial use of "ratchet" that blew up with the Miley Cyrus twerking bullshit)—and...

well-used in Washington State. Please don't suggest it for deletion as it is colloquial and as such, can not be reasonably judged by those outside of the state...

popular brand in the Philippines and the term "Magic Sing" has entered the colloquial parlance as shorthand for "karaoke". Have no opinion whether those facts...

league affiliation does not make sense. While the term "Ivy League" is colloquially used to refer to the schools collectively, doing so to group individual...

to be a web source, but no URL is provided Some phrasings seem a bit colloquial - "wrestled freight", "pleasures of beer", etc WP:OVERLINK - don't link...

[1]. One of their most popular items of "merch" are T-shirts. Another colloquial term for T-shirt is simply "tee". So the tee (T-shirt) is one example...

music's conductor–orchestra partnerships have recorded the complete set, colloquially known as the "Sibelius cycle". Although early advocates such as Robert...

"sandwiches" but might contain more than two cyclones; so this is really a colloquial term used for media attention capture. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 20:23...

and describe it as the theft of nouns? Or is this a industry or maybe colloquial term? Or one could have articles on car theft, money theft, aeroplane...

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made...

that "Mesopotamia was a cultural melting pot" - this sounds a little colloquial. Might you simply list which cultures made up Mesopotamia? That would...

this species. Rhinella spinulosa does, however, come up immediately. The colloquial name most certainly doesn't show up in results. A search with both names...

Professional foul, seems like an unnecessary fork as "last man" is more of a colloquial term, whereas I believe "professional foul" is the technical term. Link...

is angry with" or "Cosmo is at his wits' end"? "Fed up with" is rather colloquial. It is important that you summarize well, because the plot summary is...

disambiguation pages, but in those cases you have a beauty term, a song, a colloquial term for confectionery, etc, which provide some justification for the...

following four versions (of the same sentence) - equally acceptable, in the colloquial language - as well as in the written standard language? An important agreement...

11:18, 7 December 2009 (UTC) Delete I have heard "half a crown" used in colloquial speech, but the article Half crown (British coin) seems much more comprehensive...

so overly long as to warrant a sub-article. "Dutch Harbor" is also a colloquial term to refer to Unalaska, and is perhaps more commonly used in that regard...

mentioned. ALTON .ıl 21:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC) Can somebody please supply a colloquial French expression equivalent to "narrow minded bastard" ?86.200.6.236...

nuclear weapons, at the secret Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico. Known colloquially as "the father of the atomic bomb", Oppenheimer lamented the weapon's...

23:46, 6 May 2005 (UTC) BJAODN. "Baldy" is a real nickname, but largely a colloquial one. I do not know of any well-known people who have that nickname. So...

the need for technical evidence. Many admins normally apply what is colloquially called the duck test – if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and...

article is not "notable" enough for inclusion. While this wording is fine colloquially, it should be kept in mind that notability at Wikipedia technically does...

Davidson (talk) 09:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC) Well, "tai-tai-tai" is just a colloquial version of "itai". ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 22:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)...

TWL) I do not think it as notably since there are so many local language colloquial terms. Wikipedia is not dictionary. It's is good to add these some of...

some work (making the language more professional, rather than using the colloquial "you begin your calculation..." should remove overtones of HOWTO) but...

musical growth.' Upper-case 'T' for 'The Stones'? 'racked up' is too colloquial for this register. 'a great number of'—would a single word do here? 'alarming'—this...

Artiodactyla. The clade includes the family Suidae, termed suids or colloquially pigs or swine, as well as the family Tayassuidae, termed tayassuids or...

consensus (default to keep). - ulayiti (talk) 12:47, 8 November 2005 (UTC) A colloquial term for a group of fans that happen to have a webpage is not reason for...

Perhaps "likewise" for "similar"? "who felt like they were being" – rather colloquial phrasing: perhaps "felt that" or "felt as though"? And we need a citation...

English and not used at all in British academic texts. It certainly sounds colloquial to me. Alansplodge (talk) 19:45, 6 March 2013 (UTC) There can be a tendency...

username, as a matter of fact – the Philadelphia Phillies are known colloquially as the Phightin Phils, which I shortened to the Phightins. Having an...

used in any official warnings or advisories. It's essentially a slang or colloquial term with no formal definition (see the talk page). The references given...

colloquial" -- they are perfectly valid colloquial Arabic, even if they originated from the classical language. Although in many cases the colloquial...

(UTC) I think Anthony Burgess mentions it in his memoirs. The OED has "colloquial and regional after the late 18th cent. The objective (originally the dative)...

Z1720 (talk) 00:22, 9 June 2026 (UTC) Colloquial: "... a nod to the frantic pace ..." "a nod to" is vulgar/colloquial. Sentences in the encyclopedia's voice...

respect your opinions, I think we should remember that it is a very common colloquial term among many English-speakers, even if it embodies a belief that you...

leading goalscorer in the South African Premier Division. The award, colloquially known as the PSL Golden Boot or simply the Golden Boot, has been presented...

16:33, 6 April 2014 (UTC) They're both correct. The first wording is more colloquial, the second sounds pedantic. Aɴɢʀ (talk) 19:57, 6 April 2014 (UTC) But...

language. The high form of Sinitic languages. It is based on the long-dead colloquial language of Zhou Dynasty. There is no living native oral speakers of this...

23:37, 16 February 2006 (UTC) Redirect. Only in the sense that it is a colloquial term for "google hit" rather than the numerical sense. Gamextheory 17:49...

August 2015 (UTC) Is "pest" a little colloquial? Would "parasite" not be better? It's not "pest" in the colloquial sense ("an annoying thing"), but a standard...

They are distinctive and notable enough to have their own entry. One colloquial name used for them is blunnies (derived from the dominant brand Blundstone)...

scholastic committee, and was inserted to collect as part of list of colloquial terms and their history. Colloquialisms are covered as legitimate and...

indecisiveness about the article, which I expressed using word "dunno", colloquial for "I don't know". Is there anything else I need to clarify? No such...

TWL - seems to show a lot of sources. The term certainly seems to be colloquial rather than official, but there seem to be sources going back at least...

What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:48, 4 September 2012 (UTC) Spoken Moroccan colloquial Arabic is strongly divergent from Classical or literary standard Arabic...

long as Cookie Monster gets augmented with the information about the colloquial usage. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:51, 3 July 2008 (UTC) http://www.urbandictionary...

Perhaps someone can e-mail the author and assist in phrasing this in colloquial English. What this says, essentially, is that the island of Taiwan can...

time with their farts") I find the description of gameplay to be overly colloquial and without sufficient explanation for the unfamiliar (ex. "Ultimate attacks...

(UTC) See wikt:en:bloß. -- Wavelength (talk) 18:14, 4 June 2009 (UTC) The colloquial adverbial usage is the most common and is almost certainly what you're...

independent of the fact that Fox News airs interviews with him. In the more colloquial sense for notability of, "is this a noteworthy individual?" I think the...

answer is, it's not very unusual. The Bahamas (official), Bahama Islands (colloquial) Congo, the Congo Czechia has apparently had alternate names "Czechland"...

encyclopaedic style, which often uses direct expressions grounded in colloquial ways of behaving with abstract nouns). [8d], population size, for example...

Hadean and cryptic used together only finds the latter being used in a colloquial or vernacular sense, meaning "hidden", "difficult to uncover", etc. There...

wordmagicsoft.com. I wonder whether that source applies to Venezuelan colloquial Spanish though. Obviously, pendejera is derived from "pendejo". That Wiktionary...

Perhaps it's just my BritEng ears but "quit college" is a little too colloquial. I would even prefer "Griffin dropped out of"  Done, although, perhaps...

in Japanese, context disambiguates. は is always optional, at least in colloquially, and it can replace either を or が. — kwami (talk) 21:46, 18 August 2022...

28 September 2008 (UTC) That's going more toward colloquial; don't know that much about colloquial (and it can be very different between different regions)...

current colloquial name for the western part of Hudson County.Djflem (talk) 22:26, 18 June 2019 (UTC) It most certainly is not a colloquial name. Having...

are actually relevant to the object of the article - most use them in a colloquial manner and don't refer to it as an ideological entity, as the article's...

offered in the Temple, the Law provided... Musarnikes (JE | WP GWP G) Name colloquially applied in Russia to the followers of R. Israel Lipkin (Salanter) in...

possible that this isn't really the technical usage in question but just the colloquial use of "string" to mean a sequence of things; but the next cite, dated...

as if everyone calls it a sandwich, making no mention of any ambiguity colloquial[clarification needed] differences. The few editorial discussions are mostly...

21:04, 22 May 2022 (UTC) OP should know that "dying of old age" is a colloquial term, and is not a medical cause of death. There are some concepts related...

literate English speaker should grok it, although it's not in common colloquial use. There's also "morn". μηδείς (talk) 21:44, 1 December 2017 (UTC) The...

unclear at present. but their target location was bad comes across as a bit colloquial. Inaccurate? suggest large number of airborne American aircraft suggest...

eachother should not be used here, as it is not recognized as anything but colloquial by any major dictionary (use the standard each other). On the technological...

considering pursuing the case through the Commission for Racial Equality", the colloquially-named "Cornish Waiver". Similar complaints have also been made by the...

learning the latter. Quite frequently the original French text uses puns and colloquial expressions that do not work or exist in English, and the English translators...

is the entymology of the English suffix "-ish"? Is it related to the colloquial usage in the UK meaning "sort of", "somewhat" or "a bit"? --Rixxin (talk)...

about this use of "only" to mean "but" or "however". I know it's common colloquially, but how did it acquire this special meaning, and is it appropriate for...

project the author's opinion and "tougher nut to crack" may be overly colloquial and informal. All in all, this is an article that has a great deal of...

and houses the bell known as Big Ben, from which the Clock Tower is colloquially, but inaccurately named. Photo credit: Solipsist Archive - Nominate new...

outside of the lead. If I understand the article correctly this is a colloquial name for part of the Ulster and Delware Turnpike, which is mentioned in...

result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 03:18, May 18, 2005 (UTC) A "colloquial expression" with zero Google hits. RickK 06:27, May 12, 2005 (UTC) Zero...

really the North - but I use it a lot, because English doesn't have a non-colloquial, non-antiquated second person plural pronoun. ;D Delete, by the way, non-notable...

relationship. Languages do weird things especially when you get into dialect and colloquial usage. Itsmejudith (talk) 21:06, 16 May 2017 (UTC) Maybe a Hypocorism...

(talk) 11:18, 25 August 2018 (UTC) "reign of party-mate". "mate" is too colloquial. I suggest "colleague". " it applies for the specific case of West Bengal"...

quite complex and could do with splitting into two. The use of "fifer" is colloquial, not professional. It's notable that the list is only linked from {{International...

Tyrannosaurus is a famous dinosaur genus and a fixture in popular culture. Known colloquially as T. rex, the species Tyrannosaurus rex hails from what is now western...

unsigned comment added by 196.12.53.9 (talk) 07:48, 17 October 2007 (UTC) Colloquial English would say: 1. What a beautiful girl! 2. How beautiful the (or...

of that office takes the formal title "Chairmen of the Government" or colloquially "Prime Minister". Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has been the Chairman of...

lonely Diner... -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:37, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC) Keep. Good colloquial or idiomatic phrase still in wide use in the U.S.—I just got some 30,000...

(talk) 11:51, 26 May 2019 (UTC) They both work, but "let" is kind of colloquial, so I would go with "allowed". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→...

was, after all, the second one. "...usually figured around..." is a bit colloquial. Hopefully some of that is useful, but I thoroughly enjoyed the article...

Cullen328 (talk) 08:42, 22 December 2025 (UTC) Something similar exists in colloquial Australian English, though it's becoming more rare. A neighbour of mine...

part of the justification to delete is incorrect, as Weegie is indeed a colloquial Scots term for someone from Glasgow. 1 2 3 and therefore the disambiguation...

Bear) is a constellation in the northern sky. In North America, it is colloquially known as the Little Dipper because its seven brightest stars appear to...

ters#Current_Union_Council_of_Ministers. Neither is "Modi ministry" a colloquial term used in India. This is just an extra article created after 2014 victory...

(talk) 21:54, 22 January 2012 (UTC) "Right you are" is a pretty standard colloquial phrase in British English; I use it all the time myself. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:21...

or Riot, as they are both contentious concepts, and open to legal and colloquial interpretations. The entry for Massacre has potential to be a decent-sized...

correct. That said, many people would use "more dearer" when speaking in a colloquial register - and perhaps ironically, knowing it to be incorrect - so one's...

that is for a sentence or paragraph, I thought I'd ask. That's awfully colloquial and I'd actually be surprised if it was technically true that it was known...

the issue in which a consensus to remove the article is made. It is a colloquial term used only by R. fiend. -R. fiend 21:48, 17 May 2005 (UTC) This page...

article title, or to Mother wine, which appears to be closer to the actual colloquial name. Ibadibam (talk) 07:34, 17 June 2017 (UTC) Would support moving to...

are two current requests for bureaucratship (RFBs). Bureaucrats, known colloquially as "crats", can appoint admins and crats based on community decisions...

Australia's Group of Eight). I don't even think "big three" is a thing, colloquially speaking. Leventio (talk) 21:59, 13 May 2018 (UTC) Page creator here...

and houses the bell known as Big Ben, from which the Clock Tower is colloquially, but inaccurately named. Photo credit: Solipsist Archive - Nominate new...

substance. Some old circuits "have to go" and "not safe from the chop" - very colloquial. Could you reword them? I've made some very minor copyedits elsewhere...

page consists of an unsourced (the one link is dead) definition of a colloquial term for a scientific concept. The page fails WP:NOTDICTIONARY. The material...

discusses many of the "beheading video" cases. I wouldn't say this is a colloquial term, but it is safe to say that it is something of a trend. Not enough...

Original research WP:NOR, or hoax, as some sentences are very funny "Colloquially known as the 'Shitting Death' " - for a disease first introduec 6. june...

Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Delete-"Frarority" is merely a colloquial term for a Co-ed professional or service fraternity and it is covered...

WjBscribe 16:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC) DDR2 SDRAM#Relation_to_GDDR_memory colloquial misnomer, keep the link to the explanation of the relation between the...

forelimb as are the clavicle and scapula. to cite the article, ... in colloquial speech the term arm often refers to the entire upper limb from shoulder...

sister attended there? "when he decided to make more of himself" This is colloquial. Did he want more money? An upgrade in prestige? What provoked the change...

03:55, 18 January 2024 (UTC) Native Dutch speaker here. "Ga je gang" is a colloquial permission or encouragement to perform some action. Whether this action...

Thun in a bind: I'd cut 'in a bind' out all together, which is rather colloquial to my ears. The new stadium - at that time called Arena Thun - was officially...

related) is still perfectly normal in Viennese German, though it is somewhat colloquial / informal. As KägeTorä points out above, it is certailny not a dialectal...

Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist of Jewish descent. He was known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb". Teller was an immigrant to the...

mistake for L2 learners to ask "ble ydy...?" and it may even be used colloquially in some parts but it's not correct. In standard Welsh, it's always ble...

anyway) - fuma shuriken is an either literal, alternative or at least colloquial name for a fictional type of an oversized shuriken, that's all ("Giant...

issue here is Wikipedia:COLLOQUIAL. Shantavira|feed me 08:04, 13 June 2024 (UTC) I don't think Gateses is any more colloquial than any other plural surname...

give it more of a "news report" (encyclopedic) tone, as some of it is colloquial, anecdotal and conversational in tone. There are other sections where...

November 2022 (UTC) Yeah, bunting or streamers (the latter being more colloquial) would be used for those in American English. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions)...

(UTC) Something about this phrase (landed Trisha new offers) sounds too colloquial and informal to me. I would revise it with stronger language. Done. As...

time. --Dhartung | Talk 03:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC) I wanted to exclude colloquial uses of "illegitimate opportunity". But certainly some other filter such...

pursuits of life most use a colloquial form of speech, in fact several forms depending on the nature of the contacts. This colloquial speech still varies in...

watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log) This article is a non-notable colloquial term. A quick Google search shows that no reliable results are to be found...

(converse) 19:30, 29 September 2008 (UTC) "is handed out " - a shade colloquial - perhaps - "is presented to"..? Fixed. sephiroth bcr (converse) 19:30...

minor things are currently unclear and some of the language is a touch colloquial. Some thoughts and questions: "He was elected to the Melbourne Club in...

16:17, 6 December 2015 (UTC) Comments "Twister" strikes me as rather colloquial, and I can't immediately find any precedence for its usage in existing...

the mainstay of Wikisource uploads on all language versions: what is colloquially known as "dumping". The English site still allows dumping, but encourages...

improve the quantity, quality and timeliness of WMF database exports (colloquially known as "dumps") hosted on the US-based Internet Archive. Wrote Glenn...

Revolutionary War. Historically distinguished for its pioneering use of colloquial language, Yankee dialect, battle scene realism, high characterization...

(UTC) Delete and create redirect page to State of Origin since it is colloquially known as the origin series. Handschuh-talk to me 03:15, 16 November 2007...

"The team was voted in ..." into the league? "began play in 1880" bit colloquial for me. First season? "moved with the team" did it move geographically...

size and extent of concrete objects, big is the most general and most colloquial word, large is somewhat more formal, and great is highly formal and even...

factually as possible. In a few spots, the writing seems a bit too folksy or colloquial for an encyclopedia article. A few informal sentences converted to encyclopedia...

habe gestern Fritz getroffen." "Der Fritz" or "die Anna" can be used colloquially, and even is required in some regional dialects (Swiss German "de Fritz"...

Classical Arabic vs. colloquial Arabic, there are a few details where Classical Arabic is more similar to Hebrew than most colloquial dialects are (such...

foreskin. I wonder where this idea orginated, given dude has many other colloquial meanings in the USA and in England. Can you please help resolve this historical...

"a mne po figu", i.e. "I don't care (e.g., what happens)". It is used colloquially to refer to an attitude of indifference, passsive neutrality, etc. In...

July 2011 (UTC) I think it's one of those words that is at the moment colloquial and hasn't made its way into the OED! LOL! But here's what Google gives...

league-caliber." To its credit, the article now states that this is a "colloquial term" and that "the designation of "Southern Ivy" has no official meaning...

forms: standardized dialect vs. regional dialect, literary language vs. colloquial language and lexical (vocabulary) variations. This seems like a topic...

with solitary strikes...." - "strikes", meaning "goals", seems a bit colloquial "The first game in the final" - suggest rewording, this could be interpreted...

2013 (UTC) Since dragonflies and their relatives are sometimes known colloquially as "odes" (short for odonata), I can imagine that some watchers might...

shortly before the redirect was created added mention of this being a colloquial name for it, but was reverted about 10 hours later as being unsourced...

administrator in the U.S. Department of Defense for over 45 years, was colloquially known as the "Mayor of the Pentagon" because of his managerial duties...

of endearment (lacking in "Säugling" or "Kleinkind") and is used more colloquially, when you are talking about a particular baby, for example, but also...

copyright; nor does he wholly deprive its owner of its use. While one may colloquially like infringement with some general notion of wrongful appropriation...

territories and are known to approach humans for food, inspiring a list of colloquial names including "lumberjack", "camp robber", and "venison-hawk". The birds...

as a white dwarf around 120 million years ago. Sirius is also known colloquially as the "Dog Star", reflecting its prominence in its constellation, Canis...

analysis is "correct" (that is, that "I've got two sisters" would be used colloquially in the UK, more often than "I have two sisters"), but I don't think it's...

stabilized mud block in general. So, the question becomes how obscure the "colloquial term" Dutch brick is and whether the article should be renamed something...

for many years, I would say that, while renamed as is not uncommon in colloquial American English, it is substandard, and I endorse the edit you want to...

quote mark. Good catch. "over 9 months" -> nine Fixed. "ex-pats" a little colloquial for an encyclopedia. I’ve changed to “Caribbean emigrants”, instead. "Downtown...

When excited, men gate a 'hard on'. What is the equivalent colloquial term for women getting excited? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.76.158.77...

A light-on-dark color scheme, colloquially known as dark mode or night mode, has been available on Wikipedia's desktop and mobile websites since July 2024...

also known by its official name as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway and colloquially as the four-oh-one, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province...

{{u|Sdkb}} talk 01:07, 26 July 2023 (UTC) Redirect as above as a likely colloquial term. The primary source provided doesn't fully support this article,...

record lows? ...that Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand is known colloquially as "The Cake-tin"? ...that in the Catalan region of Spain, a Caganer...

me". DuncanHill (talk) 13:25, 26 November 2010 (UTC) Off of is everyday colloquial usage in the UK as well as the US. Don't take this badge off of me. I...

magazine-like tone. Phrases like "brewing quarterback controversy" are colloquial, and probably not clear to novices. Consider moving the roster, as well...

current form it is little more than a dictionary definition for a common colloquial phrase. Surely, 8 years is more than enough time to produce at least a...

abbreviated/colloquial form or something, but clearly not. 86.179.5.83 (talk) 20:56, 22 December 2011 (UTC) They are used in the Kansai dialect colloquially. In...

is any historical marker near this location so it may very well be a colloquial use or named in honor of Ross at this crossing. There is mention of land...

Saulo Talk to Me 11:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC) "and a guy from " a little colloquial. Fixed - Saulo Talk to Me 11:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC) "broadcasting done...

with names? Not necessarily official names, but better to have their colloquial name than nothing. All deaths direct so why discuss indirect deaths? This...

some 500 votes" – this is the second "miss out"; to my eye it is a touch colloquial for an encyclopedia, but then I'm nearly as old as Babbage, so allowance...

uncommon to use the English form of the name in colloquial Hindi, just like India may be colloquially called इण्डिया Iṇḍiyā, rather than भारत Bhārat....

editor action that clear evidence referred to above points to. Put more colloquially, the existence of the possibility that there might be real wallet-inspectors...

in this case. The existing article is promotional (perhaps not in the colloquial sense of term, but fairly certainly in the rather wider sense standardly...

properties of spa mineral waters around 1220? ...that a Mercedes roadster was colloquially named after a wealthy German call girl, Rosemarie Nitribitt, who was...

dictionary. Elen of the Roads (talk) 13:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC) Disagree. Colloquial use of the term has meant that it has become synonomous with football...

it back in December because I considered it non-notable as it is not colloquially a major cricket match, which is of no historical importance. AssociateAffiliate...

unnecessary editorialising. "which she filmed back in 2008." this reads as colloquial/informal to my ear; I would put "which she had filmed in 2008" or "which...

against featured art status: inconstant (and incomplete) wikification, colloquial non-encyclopedic language, and lacking historical context (how has the...

prose issues, she would not budge off the ledge. just seems a bit too colloquial to me, might just be me though. You might want to try and find one of...

American. Alansplodge (talk) 18:06, 6 July 2019 (UTC) (edit conflict) In colloquial British English, "quite good" is a synonym for "moderately good" or "fairly...

disappointment for many in Schelling's crowd - this usage of "crowd" is too colloquial for an encyclopedia, don't you think? The heading "Development" is unclear...

may be better alternatives. Clearly, this is direct speech in a fairly colloquial mode where vocabulary & semantics are both subjective and fuzzy. --Cookatoo...

is a revenue model (monetization is a word that has been stretched in colloquial speech beyond its original more specialized definition. The way monetization...

2019 (UTC) Redirect to ellipsis (narrative device), for which it is a colloquial term. XOR'easter (talk) 16:45, 1 August 2019 (UTC) Redirect as suggested...

original article claimed they were so important in its industry it was the colloquial name--without trying to judge that, I moved it to a more neutral title...

list of reasons ..." ( for whatever Sneazy's full sentence was). The colloquial phrase "the reason why is because" is double tautology, of course, but...

that language style is formal (encyclopaedic style, third person, non-colloquial language ...). Consider that the reader may not have prior knowledge of...

.." - the phrase "serious doubt" doesnt sound very encyclopedic; too colloquial. Clarify: " play in the Scottish Football League First Division ..." -...

TheChampionMan1234 02:44, 18 July 2014 (UTC) Could be retargetted to Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters, though this sense (語音 vs. 讀音) isn't the...

28 May 2005 (UTC) It would be hard to substantiate how long API was colloquially called "Auburn University" before 1960. I'm changing the article to soften...

that the one-time use of "Sarah's Island" (quotes theirs) might be a colloquial designation rather than a legitimate geographical descriptor on which...

attention from an expert in Cardiology, pending from 2019). 'Collapse' is a colloquial rather than a medical term, that seems to be used in medical literature...

exclamations you could use for "Boy!", depending on how contemporary, refined, colloquial, or vulgar you wish to sound. ("Purée!" "Putain!" "Nom de Dieu!" etc.)...

sections were effectively just sand - "effectively just" seems a bit colloquial here. NorthLink WA should be linked in the lead. --Rschen7754 23:04, 3...

it is, while other times it's the third person equivalent to informal colloquial 1st person "ourself" and 2nd. plural "yourself", as I already explained...

speech. But then I'm not quite seeing the line between colloquial and dialect-used-only-in-colloquial-context. Skittle (talk) 20:23, 5 March 2008 (UTC) According...

not found in any other dictionaries—especially new, vernacular, vulgar, colloquial, and jargon terms. (See cum dumpster and whore's paint.) For further differences...

encyclopedic context? Lantzy : Lantzy 22:06, 2 November 2021 (UTC) It is colloquial, but not very informal. An issue may be that in German the word "Nazi"...

with the lyrics once called "a unique blend of the visionary and the colloquial." One of the first double albums in rock history, it peaked at No. 9 on...

specific literary movement in early 20th century. "Modern poetry" is a colloquial term that refers to contemporary or recently written poetry of any kind...

about the article and its subject. As a significant contributor to the colloquial register of a national sign language (Persian) and its definitive attestation...

are antisocial right? ScienceApe (talk) 01:56, 22 December 2013 (UTC) Colloquially, a sociopath is taken to lack empathy or a conscience, whereas a psychopath...

speak or is it an affectation? Do educated Americans speak that way in colloquial conversation? TFD (talk) 04:49, 23 April 2019 (UTC) Very common in America...