Colloquial Terms

noun a person's preference or choice in a matter

• Given the opportunity, I would choose to go with my druthers and pursue further education.
• If I had my druthers, I'd spend all day at the beach.
• I'd pick pizza for dinner if it were up to my druthers.
• In an ideal world, everyone would get their druthers and live their dreams.

noun a state of confusion or disorder

verb to waste time or engage in aimless activity

adverb in a careless or irresponsible manner

• It is important to focus on your work and not mess around during office hours.
• Let's not mess around and get this project done on time.
• Stop messing around and start studying for your exams.
• Life is too short to mess around with things that don't matter.

noun a shortened form of 'totally' or 'totally agree'

• The committee decided totes magotes on the new budget proposal.
• I am totes magotes excited for the concert tonight!
• She's totes magotes into him, it's so obvious.
• His success was totes magotes due to hard work and determination.

adverb used to indicate that something is true only to a certain extent or degree; somewhat

conjunction used informally as a contraction of 'sort of'

• I sorta understand the concept, but I would need more time to fully grasp it.
• I'm sorta tired of eating pizza every day, let's try something different.
• I'm sorta into that new TV show, it's pretty addictive.
• His explanation was sorta like trying to untangle a ball of yarn in the dark.