It is a sheer pedantry-nay, a misconception of the laws which govern language as a living organism-to despise pithy and apt colloquialisms, and even slang.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
In the voices, the colloquialisms-the very colour of thought-spoke the spirit of the South-not the Old South, perhaps, yet the offspring of a mother who had passed on much of herself.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
She was smiling now, and Morton's colloquialisms always interested her.
"The Last Woman"
Ross Beeckman