List: colloquial
Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics.
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial
- near miss
- just missing (each other)
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation colloquial
- barcode, bar code
- comb-over (hairstyle)
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ăš particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă verb (generic) noun (generic) colloquial noun
- flapping, rattling, fluttering
- (running) with a clatter, noisily, thrashing (around), floundering, flailing
- (falling) one after another, in quick succession
- busily, hurriedly, in a fluster, in a rush, rushing around, bustling about, scurrying
- quickly, briskly, with dispatch
- motorcycle, three-wheeler truck
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial abbreviation
- pace, rate, speed
- pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.)
- pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.)
- pitch (football, rugby), playing field
- PHS portable phone
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial
- pill
- birth-control pill, oral contraceptive, the pill
popular food, cooking noun noun (generic) colloquial jocular, humorous term
- pudding (esp. custard)
- black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
gairaigo German origin popular mathematics physics noun noun (generic) colloquial
- vector
- direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests), focus
ăăăpotetopopular noun noun (generic) abbreviation colloquial
- potato
- French fries, chips, fried potato
- sweet potato
popular abbreviation colloquial noun noun (generic)
- McDonald's (fast food restaurant)
- Mac (personal computer), Macintosh
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial adverb
- max, maximum
- to the max