colloquial

Examples of colloquial in the following topics:

• Building Credibility

  • Froude takes the colloquial idea of "building character" one step further, leading us to imagine a laborious undertaking in a blacksmith's forge, shaping "character" with a hammer.

• Audience

  • Race and culture can influence everything from colloquialisms to which hand gestures may or may not be appropriate as you deliver your speech.

• Signaling the End of Your Speech and Managing Q&A

  • Once you have successfully ended your speech, it is often appropriate to offer the audience a question and answer session, colloquially referred to as Q&A.

• Age

  • Slang: Slang is an ever-changing set of colloquial words and phrases that speakers use to establish or reinforce social identity or cohesiveness within a group or society at large.