Words similar to colloquialism

Example sentences for: colloquialism

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The explanation for this coincidence may lie in the Italian expression esser Fra Fazio to be Brother (or Friar) Fazio, a colloquialism for to give away money.
It would be impossible to compile a definitive glossary for this group, but a few examples follow: the heads (naval colloquialism, dating from the late nineteenth century, said to be from the location of the latrines on a ship); the longs (pet-name for latrines at Brasenose College, Oxford, from c. 1870, so-called because they were built from funds donated by a certain Lady Long); and greenhouses (Ulysses , Book VIII), James Joyce's personal slang for the public toilets after the color of their paint.
The inference is that the colloquialism is Australian, which it is not.
The incorporation of walk the walk and talk the talk into white-bread English, often by people whose jus' folks colloquialism is a pose, may not bode well.
This vulgarism is a specific usage of the well-known colloquialism denoting anything resounding or impressive.