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Yes. Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier.

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yes, they are - don't ask me why though - when I was growing up, I was taught that it didn't go in the dictionary unless it was a proper English word, but now things like Twittering and LOL get added to the Oxford English Dictionary every year.

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Yes. Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier.

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