parlance
noun
Origin of parlance
Related Words for parlance
patois, argot, jargon, lingo, vernacular, dialect, diction, language, locution, colloquialism, speech, idiosyncrasy, phrase, tongue, expression, talk, provincialism, localismExamples from the Web for parlance
Contemporary Examples of parlance
But Scott, in taking the parlance of the street to the SportsCenter desk, helped affirm its ascendance.
It always surprises you to hear the Arabic pronunciation of words that have entered American parlance.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in IraqNathan Bradley Bethea
August 31, 2014
Reviews seemed to range a short spectrum between turnip (a dud, in the French parlance) and not-a-complete-turnip.
The campaign finance laws at issue in these cases are what, in First Amendment parlance, are known as content-neutral.
The First Amendment Doesn’t Protect the Right to Buy the American GovernmentGeoffrey R. Stone
April 5, 2014
A “stringer,” in the parlance of foreign correspondents, Sundaram sold stories to The New York Times and the Associated Press.
Historical Examples of parlance
It was a case, in the parlance of thieves and police, of “rail-roading.”
White FangJack London
There is my cradle, after the flesh; my native land—in the parlance of the men of these days!
ThaisAnatole France
They took me by surprise—in Western parlance, got the drop on me.
Lorimer of the NorthwestHarold Bindloss
A term singularly, but very often, misapplied in parlance for orbit.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
They all went to church Sabbath morning, in the old Puritan parlance.
A Little Girl in Old BostonAmanda Millie Douglas