casual speech
Relaxed verbal exchange
Casual speech is informal spoken language used in relaxed settings—conversations with friends, family, or colleagues rather than formal presentations or official contexts.
It features contractions, slang, incomplete sentences, and looser grammar than written or formal speech: We were just talking casual speech, nothing fancy.
Linguists distinguish it from careful or monitored speech.
- contractionsShortened word forms
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- everyday languageOrdinary spoken communication
idioms · you know · fillers · kind of · spontaneity · informal · ellipsis · emotional expression · hedging · texting · small talk · water cooler talk · abbreviations · banter · interjections · dialect · off the cuff · jargon
- speechspeaking, talk, diction, conversation, pronunciation
- everyday speechsmall talk, chitchat, chit-chat, chat, banter
- slangslang, jargon, lingo, argot, cant
- Japanesehiragana, katakana, kanji, particles, conjugation
- language varietiesdialect, idiolect, sociolect, vernacular, accent
- Korean grammarverb conjugation, conjugations, verb endings, tense, tenses
casual speechformal speech
Prepared public address
formal language · elevated language · proper English · diplomatic language · Queen's English
casual speechoratory
Formal eloquent discourse
prepared speech · formal address · keynote address · lecture · sermon
casual speechpublic address
Broadcast communication system
ceremonial speech · inaugural address · State of the Union · commencement speech · eulogy