phraseology

phraseology
    n 1: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use
         concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: {wording},
         {diction}, {phrasing}, {phraseology}, {choice of words},
         {verbiage}]
    

Phraseology \Phra`se*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, phrase + -logy: cf.
   F. phras['e]ologie.]
   1. Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.
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            Most completely national in his . . . phraseology.
                                                  --I. Taylor.
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   2. A collection of phrases; a phrase book. [R.]
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   Syn: Diction; style. See {Diction}.
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49 Moby Thesaurus words for "phraseology":
      argot, cant, choice of words, composition, dialect, diction,
      expression, formulation, gibberish, gobbledygook, grammar, idiom,
      jargon, language, langue, lexicon, lexis, lingo, lingua, locution,
      mumbo jumbo, parlance, parole, patois, patter, personal usage,
      phrase, phrasing, rhetoric, scatology, slang, speech,
      stock of words, taboo language, talk, thesaurus, tongue, usage,
      use of words, usus loquendi, verbalism, verbiage, vernacular,
      vocabulary, vulgar language, wordage, wordhoard, wording, words