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Some examples of informal colloquialisms can include words (such as "y'all" or "gonna"
or "wanna"), phrases (such as "old as the hills" and "graveyard dead"), or sometimes even
an entire aphorism ("There's more than one way to skin a cat").
Map showing the popularity of different soft drink naming conventions in the US; "Pop"
(blue) in the Midwest and Northwest, "soda" (tan & brown) in the Northeast and
Southwest, and "coke" (red) in the South.[3]
Colloquialisms are often used primarily within a limited geographical area, known by
linguists to spread through normal conversational interaction of a language, although
more often now through informal online interaction. A common example given is the
regional term used by people when describing a carbonated soft drink. In the Upper
Midwestern United States, in common with Canada, it is commonly called "pop", while
in other areas, notably the Northeastern and extreme Western United States, it is referred
to as "soda". In the Southern United States, perhaps due to being the birth place of Coca-
Cola, it is commonly called "Coke" regardless of brand. Some southerners even refer to
soft drinks as "dope." The common belief is that this is an outdated reference to stimulant
properties contained in these drinks.[discuss] In New England it is occasionally called
"tonic." In some areas of Scotland it is referred to as "ginger", and confusion over
whether this term referred to all soft drinks or just ginger beer was apparent in the case of
Donoghue v Stevenson. (See: Names for soft drinks for more regional examples of
colloquial names given to soft drinks.)
Another example of colloquialism is the two different terms for rectangular maple
doughnuts. They are called Long Johns in most of the United States, but in the Pacific
Northwest (such as Oregon and Washington), they are referred to as Maple bars.
Words that have a formal meaning may also have a colloquial meaning. "Kid" can mean
"young goat" in formal usage and "child" in colloquial usage.