Everydayterm

Everydayterm is a term used to describe vocabulary that people use in daily life. In some discussions of linguistics and lexicography, everydayterm refers to a word or phrase with high frequency across general speech and writing, as opposed to specialized jargon or technical terms. The concept is sometimes presented as a compact label for what many writers describe as everyday language or core vocabulary. The term is a neologism and is not widely standardized in academic usage, but it appears in teaching materials, frequency lists, and informal writing as a convenient shorthand.

In practice, everydayterms are what language learners are most likely to encounter first and what readers expect to recognize easily. They are central to readability, comprehension, and efficient communication, and are often prioritized in curriculum design and lexicography when creating core vocabulary lists or frequency-guided dictionaries.

Examples include basic pronouns and function words, common nouns such as water, food, home, and weather terms, and everyday verbs like go, have, make, see, and say. They can vary by dialect and culture and may shift over time as language evolves.

Some linguists distinguish everydayterms from colloquialisms, slang, or technical terms, though the boundaries are not fixed.

See also: high-frequency words, core vocabulary, everyday language, lexicography.