colloquial

Examples of colloquial in the following topics:

• Mixing Academic and Colloquial Styles

  • Colloquial Style: extract from the magazine article, "How Emotions Can Leave Us Speechless"
  • What, exactly, is the difference between academic writing and colloquial writing?
  • Academic writers should avoid colloquial diction, but colloquial writing can still offer valuable insights about structure and style.
  • The following section will discuss the differences between academic and colloquial conventions, with the ultimate goal of using models from colloquial writing to improve academic style .
  • The structural conventions for academic and colloquial writing are actually similar.

• Gonorrhea

  • Gonorrhea (also colloquially known as the clap) is a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
  • Gonorrhea (also colloquially known as the clap) is a common human sexually transmitted infection.

• Aging and the Skeleton

  • One example is Hyperkyphosis, colloquially called a "dowager's hump", which refers to an anteriorly concave, curvature of the thoracic region of the spine .
  • Hyperkyphosis, colloquially called a "dowager's hump,, refers to an anteriorly concave, curvature of the thoracic region of the spine.

• The Lower Class

  • Those who are employed in lower class occupations are often colloquially referred to as the working poor.
  • Those who do not participate in the labor force, and who rely on public assistance, such as food stamps and welfare checks, as their main source of income, are commonly identified as members of the underclass, or, colloquially, the poor.

• Bond Rating System

  • Bond ratings below BBB-/Baa are considered to be not investment grade and are colloquially called "junk bonds. "
  • Bond ratings below BBB-/Baa are considered to be not investment grade and are colloquially called "junk bonds

• The Wage Rate

  • Colloquially, "wages" refer to just the dollar amount paid to a worker, but in economics, it refers to total compensation (i.e. it includes benefits).

• Scarcity Leads to Tradeoffs and Choice

  • In contrast to its colloquial usage, scarcity in economics connotes not that something is nearly impossible to find, but simply that it is not unlimited.

• Transactional Versus Transformational Leaders

  • Transactional leadership is more akin to the common notions of management, whereas transformational leadership adheres more closely to what is colloquially referred to as leadership.

• Infectious Mononucleosis

  • It is sometimes colloquially known as the "kissing disease" from its oral transmission.

• Sea Coral and Sea Anemone Zooxanthellae

  • Symbiodinium are colloquially called "zooxanthellae" (or "zoox"), and animals symbiotic with algae in this genus are said to be "zooxanthellate".