as in colloquial
used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
writes essays in a very easy-to-read, vernacular style
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Recent Examples of vernacular
Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Hammerstein and Kern, though, wanted to make something unprecedented: a musical with the weight of grand opera, but built out of the blocks of vernacular entertainment.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
While still young, he was drawn to the body and Black vernaculars of motion, ultimately creating a language that incorporated ballet, tap, and contemporary dance.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
The vernacular and dress style, like the music, will continue to change and influence the world and America’s contemporary culture.
—Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Hammerstein and Kern, though, wanted to make something unprecedented: a musical with the weight of grand opera, but built out of the blocks of vernacular entertainment.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
Online, Trump exists across an explosive vernacular of media.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
While still young, he was drawn to the body and Black vernaculars of motion, ultimately creating a language that incorporated ballet, tap, and contemporary dance.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vernacular
Adjective
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Gorsuch used his short opinion on the dry topic of debt collection to declare a more colloquial style.—
Jill Barton,
The Conversation,
24 Jan. 2025
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What is a Green Beret? Green Beret is the colloquial name used for members of the U.S. Army Special Forces.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There is a French idiom that says when something is so easy, it can be done with ‘les doigts dans le nez’ — the fingers in the nose.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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While often used sarcastically to mock true believers, the idiom reflects Italy’s enduring ambiguity toward Fascism, even 80 years after its fall.—
Mattia Ferraresi,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.—
Jessica Damiano,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2024
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The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2021
Noun
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You would be forgiven for assuming this a playful colloquialism, perhaps revealing a tenderness to the hunt.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Black communities are usually at the creative vanguard, from Renaissance art movements to fashion and even colloquialisms.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Coca-Cola’s term for the supply points is really a misnomer, the brief’s argument suggests.—
Ryan Finley,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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In truth, tri-fold is a misnomer since there are only two folds, but the three screens form a clever design that unfurls to a full 10.2 inches.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The parlance for this technique is that it is considered autoregressive.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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In policy parlance, a put would imply that Trump would try to stop market selling at some point.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Shortening Shortening, most often referred to by our readers simply as the brand name Crisco, has been a Southern baking necessity for generations.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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In one episode, Helly R. (played by Britt Lower) can be seen taking off a tan leather heel, the brand name of which had been scrubbed from the insole.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In its day the novel did not in fact seem to reflect a number of contemporary concerns—politics, regionalism, the search for equality and social justice—or to address historical realities.—
Rachel Cusk,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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So my focus is on regionalism and international tax developments.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
20 Nov. 2024
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“Vernacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vernacular. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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