Colloquially, the term " monorail " is often used erroneously to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover.

Colloquially, a " fairy tale " or " fairy story " can also mean any farfetched story or tall tale ; it's used especially of any story that not only isn't true, but couldn't possibly be true.

Colloquially, the term is used to refer to any ancient and murky period.

* Colloquially, to any of the following bands:

Colloquially, the term cloudburst may be used to describe any sudden heavy, brief, and usually unforecast rainfall.

Colloquially, the term can refer to any kind of scary story.

( Colloquially any month with the letter " R " in it.

Colloquially the thornbill is sometimes referred to as a “ tit ” by locals, but in reality the Australian continent lacks any true tits, albeit Acanthiza species do show some similarities with tits in their behaviour.

Colloquially, Staines remains associated with the former, historical, or geographic county of Middlesex, through its cultural and sporting affiliations, and the form of mail addressing preferred by the Post Office ( officially the use of a county on postal addresses was phased out over the period 1996-2000, but is still widely used in practice ).

Colloquially, particle physicists often speak of certain physical " constants " as varying with the energy of an interaction, though in fact it is the renormalization scale that is the independent quantity.

Colloquially, particularly in the adjective form apoplectic, apoplexy means furious, enraged, or upset to the point of being unable to deal with a situation rationally or diplomatically.

Colloquially known as " Geek Week ", COMDEX evolved into a major technical convention, with the industry making major product announcements and releases there.

Colloquially, the name Moabit also refers to the Central Criminal Court ( Strafgericht ) and detention centre, which deals with all criminal cases in Berlin.

Colloquially, a person from North Wales ( especially one who speaks with this dialect or accent ) is known as a North Walian, or a Gog ( from the Welsh, meaning " north ").

Colloquially, " lease " and " leasing " are often a formalization of a longer, specific period as compared with a " rental " that created a tenancy at will, terminable or renewable at the end of a short period.

Colloquially, women in niqab are called, with the plural.

Colloquially, the term " Fraser Canyon " is often used to include the Thompson Canyon from Lytton to Ashcroft, since they form the same highway route which most people are familiar with, although it is actually reckoned to begin above Williams Lake, British Columbia at Soda Creek Canyon near the town of the same name.

Colloquially described as a " Fish with a flick-knife ", due mainly to their calm nature, such attacks on humans are rare.

Colloquially, these experiments are commonly called " test tube experiments ".

Colloquially flowers of orange are referred to as such as well.

Colloquially, rawinsondes are usually referred to as radiosondes.

Colloquially and by the press, they are often referred to as ministers, e. g. the head of the DDPS as " minister of defence ", even though no such post officially exists.

Colloquially, corrosives may be called " poisons " but the concepts are technically distinct.

Colloquially, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably however.

Colloquially known as " No-Tell Motels ," these are becoming scarce as local laws increasingly require renters ' identification information to be recorded and given to law enforcement agencies.

Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing.

Colloquially, the terms " town " and " township " are often used interchangeably in Wisconsin.

Colloquially, low-technology ( or lo-tech-an antonym of hi-tech ) has also come to be used as a relative description of more modern techniques and designs to show that they are no longer cutting edge.

Colloquially, such multi-browser applications, as well as frameworks and libraries are still referred to as cross-browser.

Colloquially, attempts by non-Australians to negatively connotate convict pasts are laughed off by Australians, who are now more inclined to associate criminal forbears as evidence for the posession of more positively perceived Australian attributes such as disrespect for authority.

Colloquially the site and / or project are thus sometimes called " Soyuz at Sinnamary ".

Colloquially, " big name " ( 大名 ) are also known as school name.

Colloquially, about 36, 000 local residents speak the Ta ' izzi-Adeni Arabic dialect, also known as Djibouti Arabic.

Colloquially, the term " platypi " is also used for the plural, although this is technically incorrect and a form of pseudo-Latin ; the correct Greek plural would be " platypodes ".

Colloquially, retirement is also referred to as " leaving the jianghu " ( 退出江湖 ).

Colloquially, the species is also known ( incorrectly ) as Douglas Pine or simply as Doug-fir.

Colloquially it also called exit visa.

Colloquially it may also simply mean a " small tank ".

Colloquially, beep is also used to refer to the action of honking the car horn at someone, ( e. g., " Why did that guy beep at me?

Colloquially, it was also called the shrapnel helmet, Tommy helmet, or Tin Hat, and in the United States known as a doughboy helmet.

Colloquially, the fielding team is also said to have snared, bagged or captured a wicket.

Colloquially, NGC 281 is also known as the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to the video game character.

Colloquially known as " father of Indian nuclear programme ", Bhabha was the founding director of two well-known research institutions, namely the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ( TIFR ) and the Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment ( now named after him ); both sites were the cornerstone of Indian development of nuclear weapons which Bhabha also supervised as its director.

Colloquially, the term is also incorrectly applied to people whose ancestry stems from Portuguese-speaking countries.

The Mongolian optative or " wishing form " ( Хүсэх Хэлбэр ) is used largely to " tell another person about a wish not connected to the listener " Colloquially, however, it can also be used for a wishful second person imperative.

Colloquially called creeping eruption due to the way it looks, the disease is also somewhat ambiguously known as " ground itch " or ( in some parts of the Southern USA ) " sandworms ", as the larvae like to live in sandy soil.

Colloquially, the latter form is also called the Oslo dialect, which is misleading since the Oslo dialect predates the Dano-Norwegian koiné, and though both influenced by and partially replaced by standard østnorsk, it is still in use, and since the koiné language is not a dialect.

Colloquially, the term is also used in Pakistan and Bangladesh by Muslim men to refer to their own wives or as an honorific address to a married or widowed woman.