And although some of the work now may seem less avant garde or edgy, the capturing of quaint and depoliticized versions of colloquial American life was the driving force of the projects that received support.
When we talk, a huge amount of meaning is conveyed through gestures facial expressions and tone of voice, and this can get lost in written language particularly as it becomes more colloquial.
It's a very colloquial variety of language; we use it in highly informal situations, in speech, and with people very much from a similar social background to us.
In 2022, the word of the year was " gaslighting" , a colloquial term for manipulating somebody to cause them to question their own realities or beliefs.
" Misergonia" (colloquial shorthand: desk rage) is the name hereby bestowed on the eye-gougingly deep irritation triggered by certain aspects of office life.