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used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
writes essays in a very easy-to-read, vernacular style
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as in idiom
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as in binomial
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Recent Examples of vernacular
Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Out went Latin, replaced with the vernacular — the faithful would worship in their own languages.
—Mary Jo McConahay, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
In the 53 years since the Baker Act took effect, the statute authored by late lawmaker Maxine Baker has entered the Florida vernacular as a verb.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The new cast for Reacher Season 3 includes Sonya Cassidy as Susan Duffy, who brings a no-nonsense and very blunt East Coast vernacular to the role of DEA Agent Susan Duffy.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Editors’ Picks How a Lady Gaga Impersonator Spends Sundays
Out went Latin, replaced with the vernacular — the faithful would worship in their own languages.
—Mary Jo McConahay, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
Dishes like orange chicken and General Tso’s chicken became part of the greater American culinary vernacular in the woks of the Panda restaurants.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
In the 53 years since the Baker Act took effect, the statute authored by late lawmaker Maxine Baker has entered the Florida vernacular as a verb.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vernacular
Adjective
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Because back nine is close to backside, and backside is just far too colloquial.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Russ Scholl, a ski instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort, has published a 133-square grid of funky colloquial phrases for different types of snow.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Swedes actually have an idiom for this phenomenon.—
Anna Moeslein,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2025
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All kinds of regional idioms, local expressions, and culturally specific terms might fade out.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
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There was no third option in this binomial exercise.—
Chantel Jennings,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 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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This could involve helping systems learn colloquialisms and proper usages of terms.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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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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However, tornado alley itself has long been considered somewhat of a misnomer in the meteorology community, with multiple areas favored for tornado outbreaks.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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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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Rocket Lab and Stoke Space join SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin as eligible launch providers for lower-priority national security satellites, a segment of missions known as Phase 3 Lane 1 in the parlance of the Space Force.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the parlance of mountaineers, those are natural events over which climbers have no control, such as rockfall, that can cost them their lives.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
25 Mar. 2025
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People Matter More Than Brands The best pre-seed funds of tomorrow aren’t necessarily the brand names of today.—
Dasha Shunina,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Accutane was a popular brand name for isotretinoin that is no longer available in the U.S. Other brands of prescription isotretinoin are still used, including Claravis, Absorica, Amnesteem and Zenatane.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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The shift toward regionalism and local priorities over global cooperation adds further strain, complicating transactions across international borders and increasing the demand for more flexible payment infrastructures.—
Victor Orlovski,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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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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“Vernacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vernacular. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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