phraseology

Definition

  • noun: the way that a particular person or group uses words
  • noun: a manner of organizing words and 'phrases' into longer elements

Examples

  • legal 'phraseology'

Movie quotes

  • (..) a lot of hemming and hawing... ...and beating around the bush... Okay, what...? Tell us what? Well... There was a lot of... ...business phraseology being tossed around. You know, things like "cash-poor" and "leveraged"... ..."quarterly decline," yadda, yadda, yadda. (..)
    2009 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Peekaboo Season: 2 Episode 6