COLLOQUIAL_NAME — Colloquial Name

COLLOQUIAL NAME: A THIRTY-TWO POSITION ALPHANUMERIC OR SPECIAL CHARACTER FIELD FOR THE COMMON NAME USED FOR AN ITEM. A COLLOQUIAL NAME IS AN ITEM NAME THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR AN ITEM OF SUPPLY, AND FOR WHICH ONE OR MORE APPROVED ITEM NAME(S) (AIN) HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. A COLLOQUIAL NAME IS CROSS-REFERENCED TO AN AIN.

This is a free-text or numeric FLIS field — it has no enumerated code values. The definition above is its official cataloging meaning.

About COLLOQUIAL_NAME

What is COLLOQUIAL_NAME in FLIS / NSN cataloging?

COLLOQUIAL_NAME (Colloquial Name) cOLLOQUIAL NAME: A THIRTY-TWO POSITION ALPHANUMERIC OR SPECIAL CHARACTER FIELD FOR THE COMMON NAME USED FOR AN ITEM. A COLLOQUIAL NAME IS AN ITEM NAME THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR AN ITEM OF SUPPLY, AND FOR WHICH ONE OR MORE APPROVED ITEM NAME(S) (AIN) HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. A COLLOQUIAL NAME IS CROSS-REFERENCED TO AN AIN.

Last updated 2026-05-26. Published by DAITK™ against the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) FLIS code dictionary, governed by DoD 4100.39-M (Federal Logistics Information System Procedures Manual).

The authoritative FLIS code dictionary published by DAITK™ — every cataloging field and value code, defined verbatim against the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) FLIS standard, governed by DoD 4100.39-M. Authorized reference data, reproduced with attribution, not scraped.