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exertion collapse

ill-use collapse

vernacular collapse: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

parlance collapse: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

lingo collapse

social convention collapse

colloquial collapse: characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"

etiquette collapse: rules governing socially acceptable behavior

phraseology collapse

bon ton collapse

decorum collapse: propriety in manners and conduct

interlocutory collapse: consisting of dialogue

tradition collapse: an inherited pattern of thought or action

colloquy collapse: formal conversation; a conversation especially a formal one

good form collapse: behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time; "it is not good form to brag about winning"

spoken collapse: uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"

proper thing collapse

employ collapse

mores collapse: (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

chatty collapse: prone to friendly informal communication; full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

usage collapse

manners collapse: social deportment; "he has the manners of a pig"

rapping collapse

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

appliance collapse: durable goods for home or office use; a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

employment collapse: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"; the act of giving someone a job; the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"

unliterary collapse: marked by lack of affectation or pedantry; "her talk was very unliterary"- W.D.Howells

diction collapse

wont collapse

uneducated collapse: not having a good education

consumption collapse: the act of consuming something; the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating); (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

wording collapse: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

parole collapse: (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with; a promise; "he gave his word"; release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"

locution collapse

folkway collapse

force of habit collapse

second nature collapse: acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate

conformity collapse: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"; correspondence in form or appearance; orthodoxy in thoughts and belief

monosyllable collapse: a word or utterance of one syllable

Talmud collapse: the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism

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