popular speech
Everyday spoken language
Popular speech is the everyday language of ordinary people, as opposed to formal, literary, or technical registers.
It includes colloquialisms, slang, and idioms that might not appear in academic writing but thrive in conversation: The phrase entered popular speech through television.
Linguists study popular speech to track how language actually evolves.
- selfiePhoto of oneself
- hang outSpend time idly together
- litStarted burning
- casualRelaxed and informal
- FOMOAcronym for exclusion anxiety
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popular speechformal speech
Prepared public address
technical terminology · technical language · legal language · official language · legalese
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