Colloq

The Oxford Reference Dictionary gives, as section 7 under floor, “colloq. ground”, but the usual formal meaning of ‘floor’ is a surface under cover, and ‘ground’ is a surface covered only by the sky. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I can't remember the last time I saw colloq in a dictionary. ❋ DC (2007)

Hence to weigh in with: to introduce or produce something that is additional or extra. colloq. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"Zanahary ... zanahary* (* Supernatural, divine; (colloq.) wonderful.) ..." which I later discovered was complimentary. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1977)

In colloq. phr. to be packed (in) like sardines: to be crowded or confined tightly together, as sardines in a tin. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Photographers 'colloq., the word' cheese 'notionally or actually pronounced to form the lips into a smiling expression. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brit.colloq. an official who mindlessly upholds petty rules This week: words you wouldn't want to be called. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Entries are designated one or the other in almost random fashion (luck out, for instance, is called slang, hang loose is colloq), and in many instances (e.g., ticky-tacky) the problem is surmounted blithely by designating entries slang or colloq; others are not designated at all. ❋ Unknown (1982)

six-pack n. colloq. a set of well-developed abdominal muscles; a lean, muscular midriff. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The OED does indeed give the first instance as 1992, but that of course doesn’t mean a) that it originated in that year or b) that that was the exact year of the switch. six-pack n.colloq. a set of well-developed abdominal muscles; a lean, muscular midriff. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is it worth mentioning that prune can also mean ‘a dud teacher pilot (airmen’s slang); and a despised or silly “friend” person (colloq)’? ❋ Kirsty (2007)

(Oxford English Dictionary) down home: at one's home, in one's native land or region; also as n., one's homeland; hence (usu. attrib. or adj.) used to designate something, esp. jazz music or blues, that is down-to-earth and unpretentious. colloq. (orig. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Oxford English Dictionary) log-rolling colloq. (orig. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Oxford English Dictionary) dive, n. colloq. (orig. ❋ Unknown (2009)