Definition of Vernacularism
Vernacularism
ver·nac·u·lar·ism
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(noun)
a word, phrase, or expression that is not standard to a language and therefore not used in formal or literary contexts, but that is instead specific to ordinary usage or to a particular region;
e.g. He used a vernacularism to refer to the object, and I had to ask what he meant since I'd never heard the term before.
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