local idiom
Area-specific phrase
A local idiom is an expression or manner of speaking characteristic of a particular place or region.
The phrase can refer to a specific regional expression—The local idiom for a submarine sandwich varies: hoagie in Philadelphia, grinder in New England, hero in New York—or more broadly to the distinctive speech patterns of an area: She wrote dialogue that captured the local idiom of rural Georgia.
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- dialectRegional language variety
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- street talkInformal urban vernacular
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
expression · phrase · old saying · saying · parlance · jargon · patois · tongue · regional · native · native speaker · homegrown · down home · folk · street · colorful · quirky · accent
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- dialectsregional dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular, regional dialects
- Ways of Speakingaccent, slang, vernacular, dialect, twang
local, locale, locality, localize, localization, localized, locally, locals, locate