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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Colloquialism \Col*lo"qui*al*ism\, noun A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
colloquialism
noun: a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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