Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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colloquialism | Yes | No | No | No |
white-shoe | No | Yes | No | No |
colloquialism (noun) | white-shoe (noun) |
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a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
colloquialism (adjective) | white-shoe (adjective) |
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denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative |