everyday language
How people talk
Everyday language is ordinary speech as opposed to formal, technical, or specialized vocabulary.
It's the words and expressions people use in casual conversation rather than academic writing or professional contexts: The manual was written in everyday language so anyone could understand it.
Also called plain language or layman's terms.
- basic vocabularyFoundational words for communication
- plain EnglishUnadorned, accessible wording
- conversationalRelating to informal dialogue
- plain speechUnembellished verbal expression
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
vernacular · man on the street · idiom · layman's terms · proverb · informal · patois · localism · colloquialism · argot · pidgin · catchphrase · creole · common parlance · simple sentence · down to earth · casual speech · folksy
- Informal Languageslang, idioms, colloquialisms, contractions, expressions
- plain languageplain English, plain text, plain talk, plain speech, simple English
- phrasebooksphrasebook, basic phrases, common phrases, greetings, farewells
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular
- language philosophylinguistic analysis, Wittgenstein, Austin, illocutionary force, family resemblance
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
everyday languageformal language
Elevated, rule-governed expression
elevated language · official language · diplomatic language · legalese · ornate prose
everyday languagetechnical language
Specialized vocabulary of a field
jargon · scientific language · medical terminology · technical jargon · insider language
everyday languageartificial language
Invented system of communication
poetic language · programming language · symbolic language · mathematical notation · code