colloquial
informal in speech or writing
Roots
- com-: with, together, complete, or intensified
- loqu / locut: speak
Other words with the loqu / locut root
- circumlocution: roundabout speech
- colloquy: a conversation or formal discussion
- eloquence: powerful, fluent expression
- eloquent: fluent and persuasive in speech
- grandiloquent: pompous in speech
- interlocutor: a person taking part in a conversation
- loquacious: talkative
Colloquial language is speech together: everyday words people use with each other.
The essay became too colloquial when every sentence sounded like a text message.