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Colloquial

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dmriver
Jeez no time for colloquial mate, been busy as a one arm taxi driver with the crabs.
@dmriver

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  • Ysabeluna
    65
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    Yuppies colloquial lines:"you had me at hello";"why can't i quit you";"let's hang out";"e-mail or text me";"c ya @twitter
    @Ysabeluna
  • 3lbsofluv
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    Colloquial tweet: ROTF! LMAO! I RT'd an HT which started a Hash Tag on DEGT =D. BTW, TYVM to @QT KIT! TAFN! CUL8R =)
    @3lbsofluv
  • Ysabeluna
    65
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    is twitter's shift from "what are you doing" to "what's happening" colloquial?
    @Ysabeluna
  • tWordBird
    60
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    Colloquial sounds like somethin’ colonial peeps did; but yeah – NOT. Basic’lly, it’s the flip side o’ them.
    @tWordBird
  • tWordBird
    60
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    WHY would some1 make up such a snobby-sounding word like " colloquial " to stand for a casual chat?! Totally TWISTED!!
    @tWordBird
  • Tralala56
    60
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    When a dialect is perceived as parochial, it's generally colloquial.
    @Tralala56
  • Ysabeluna
    60
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    common text messages colloquial shortcuts are k [okay]; lol; btw [by the way] ; l8tr [later]; d (the); y [why] w/ [with]
    @Ysabeluna
  • kado56
    55
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    I have a marvellous butler, Brabbinger, but he just doesn't DO colloquial.
    @kado56
  • SJHatzi
    55
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    Yeah, well colloquial is like when you're talking all normal, you know? Not like a book or something.
    @SJHatzi
  • MarilynLittle
    54
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    "It looks like we need a little more time" is political colloquial -ese for "Sorry, can't help you". @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • MarilynLittle
    53
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    If you could have a colloquial conversation with the President, what would this country be like? I'd say it'd be for the people @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • Ysabeluna
    50
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    rappers use colloquial language 2 reach der audience -u can't imagine kanye singing 'smile,though ur heart is aching' duh!
    @Ysabeluna
  • harrarp
    50
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    Colloquial speech doesn't mean eloquence is going down the drain. It just gets mutated by ignorance.
    @harrarp
  • lithiumzombie
    50
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    I had an amiable chat with Her Majesty this morning, it was ever so colloquial. And afterwards we had a pillow fight.
    @lithiumzombie
  • MarilynLittle
    50
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    @JaniceHidey is the one who taught me how to turn colloquial conversation into artwiculate entries. :) @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • Tralala56
    50
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    Let's get colloquial and breed a little artwiculate contempt.
    @Tralala56
  • caslexplorers
    50
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    Nihilist’s colloquial saying: I got nothing
    @caslexplorers
  • caslexplorers
    50
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    Tintinnabulatory colloquial saying: I’ll be there with bells on
    @caslexplorers
  • LBY3
    50
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    @artwiculate Teaching children colloquial speech isn't hard. The difficult part is getting them to learn anything but.
    @LBY3
  • MarilynLittle
    48
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    Forgot technical terms. I'll never understand physics that way. Let's do this colloquial -style, shall we? @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • Ysabeluna
    45
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    colloquial slang & shortcuts yay; yeah; imma; eeewww; aww ; bummer; WTF ; up yours; A_ _hole;
    @Ysabeluna
  • harrarp
    45
    Points
    Colloquial? I don't believe I've been formally introduced to that word...
    @harrarp
  • Ysabeluna
    45
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    colloquial universal language : ENGLISH [especially for non-English speaking Arctwicullati's enrolled @Artwiculate University
    @Ysabeluna
  • Eridanus
    45
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    WTF ist an unfortunate dyslexic mondegreen of its somewhat less colloquial palindrome.
    @Eridanus
  • Ysabeluna
    45
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    common internet colloquial terms & abbrev @ ; / via ; RT; # ;lol [laughing out loud] ;-) ; listed; ff ; follow
    @Ysabeluna
  • MarilynLittle
    44
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    It occurs to me that " colloquial " is not a word I'd use in colloquial conversation. Irony: well played. @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • SJHatzi
    44
    Points
    Colloquial? Whatever.
    @SJHatzi
  • MarilynLittle
    43
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    Sometimes colloquial literature is the hardest to read. But it often makes the most lasting impression. @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • MarilynLittle
    43
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    Colloquial conversations are sometimes the most proverbial. @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • MarilynLittle
    43
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    Oratorial talent is found in colloquial impressions. @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • MarilynLittle
    43
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    You can make a point eloquently that no one will understand. Or you can make it colloquial -ly and reach the multitudes. @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • SJHatzi
    40
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    Ummm. Colloquial. Well, it's kind of like this, sort of.
    @SJHatzi
  • harrarp
    40
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    I'm colloquial in my soliloquy. Im just that kind of guy.
    @harrarp
  • LABirdie
    40
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    Colloquial speech is not that of one uneducated, but of one who strives to be realistic, relatable, and understandable.
    @LABirdie
  • routermonkey
    40
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    Buried under a mountain of snow here. Not in the colloquial sense - just frozen precipitation, no illegal drugs.
    @routermonkey
  • cprincipe
    40
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    The colloquial name for Oedipus is motherf***er. #atwiculate.
    @cprincipe
  • caslexplorers
    40
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    Penumbral colloquial saying: He’s a shadow of his former self
    @caslexplorers
  • caslexplorers
    40
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    colloquial : conversational :: callowquial : denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is immature
    @caslexplorers
  • hotdng
    40
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    @Artwiculate The speech of kids must be devoid of bad colloquial terms, so they grow up with finesse & indicate good upbringing
    @hotdng
  • LBY3
    40
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    @artwiculate Once, Rhett Butler's final words were seen as shockingly colloquial. Today, they're just the opposite.
    @LBY3
  • MarilynLittle
    39
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    "As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words" Colloquial reality is: we no longer talk like Shakespeare.
    @MarilynLittle
  • tWordBird
    39
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    .@MarilynLittle ...And a Little props to Queen Marilyn, too – WHEW!!! A little goes a LONG way, AYE?! Astonishing!! #artwiculate colloquial
    @tWordBird
  • MarilynLittle
    39
    Points
    "Let me know you, O you who know me; then I shall know even as I am known". Augustine was not well versed in colloquial -ism. @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • tWordBird
    39
    Points
    “Whassssssssup, tweeps??!” #artwiculate colloquial
    @tWordBird
  • MarilynLittle
    38
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    "Yes Eliza, it's all misery, misery! My life is bitter as wormwood; the life is burning out of me." Uncle Tom's Cabin- Colloquial reality.
    @MarilynLittle
  • MarilynLittle
    38
    Points
    Perhaps the English language is no longer known for "thee" and "thou". Now it's more like: "you, over there!" Thank you, colloquial -ism.
    @MarilynLittle
  • MarilynLittle
    38
    Points
    Colloquial : \kə-ˈlō-kwē-əl\ @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • MarilynLittle
    38
    Points
    If we can't talk colloquial -ly, I'm afraid we can't be friends. @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle
  • MarilynLittle
    38
    Points
    Why are so many people retreating from politics? Because politicians forgot how to hold a colloquial conversation. @artwiculate
    @MarilynLittle

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