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Formal
Slang
Jargon
Colloquial
100
Used in official, literary, academic content.
When is formal language used?
100
Is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered acceptable in certain social settings.
What is slang?
100
Is like a type of shorthand between members of a particular group of people, often words that are meaningless outside of a certain context.
What is jargon?
100
Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing.
What is colloquial?
200
Even when spoken, is often associated with the conventions of written standard English. It is signaled by complex, complete sentences and avoidance of slang or colloquial vocabulary.
What is formal language?
200
Subculture, video games, music.
Where can slang originate from?
200
14th century Old French society
Where did the concept of jargon terminology originate from?
200
Language, words and phrases used in casual situations by the people, as opposed to formal language.
When is colloquial used?
300
An expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, or effect, and even, to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.
What is a cliche?
300
Relate to things like emotional relationships, drink, drugs, social conflicts, illness, death etc.
What do most slang words relate to?
300
The fourteenth century term for “twittering or warbling of birds,” which in turn has the root “garg” from which also stem such words as “gargle,” and “gurgle.”
What is the term "jargon" derived from?
300
This formerly standard term meaning “over there” is now known only in rural dialect (or spoofing of it) or in a poetic sense
What is the definition of the colloquial term "yonder"?
400
The term "so..." used in speech/writing.
What is the the informal term for "as a consequence..."
400
Middle Ages, certain writers such as Chaucer, William Caxton, and William of Malmesbury represented the regional differences in pronunciations and dialects.
When did slang first appear?
400
The terms "left wing" and "right wing"
What is political jargon?
400
Latin colloquium 'speaking together'
What is the etymology of colloquial?
500
Speech before a passive audience and the assumption of a role by the speaker
How is formal language characterized?
500
Is a generally innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive or suggest something unpleasant.
What is euphemism?
500
The phrase, "bang for a buck"
What is business jargon?
500
During 1459
When was colloquial first coined?