parlance

[ pahr-luhns ]

noun

1. a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom:

   legal parlance.

2. speech, especially a formal discussion or debate.
3. talk; parley.

parlance

/ ˈpɑːləns /

noun

1. a particular manner of speaking, esp when specialized; idiom

   political parlance

2. archaic.
   any discussion, such as a debate

Word History and Origins

Origin of parlance¹

From Anglo-French, dating back to 1570–80; parle, -ance

Word History and Origins

Origin of parlance¹

C16: from Old French, from parler to talk, via Medieval Latin from Late Latin parabola speech, parable ; compare parley

Example Sentences

One of these battlegrounds is in Afghanistan and Pakistan, or Khorasan in jihadist parlance.

From The Daily Beast

There’s also a whiff of volatile acidity that gives the flavors a little “lift,” in wine-geek parlance — this becomes more pronounced after the wine is opened for a few days.

From Washington Post

Smith has observed that anti-vaccine sentiment transformed from what she thought was “a fringe belief” into common parlance over the summer.

From Time

In retail parlance, luxury-goods sales have been “underpenetrated” online, but the pandemic is changing that.

From Time

Rockaway, in surfing parlance, is a left-handed beach break, or jetty break.

From Outside Online

But Scott, in taking the parlance of the street to the SportsCenter desk, helped affirm its ascendance.

From The Daily Beast

It always surprises you to hear the Arabic pronunciation of words that have entered American parlance.

From The Daily Beast

Reviews seemed to range a short spectrum between turnip (a dud, in the French parlance) and not-a-complete-turnip.

From The Daily Beast

The campaign finance laws at issue in these cases are what, in First Amendment parlance, are known as content-neutral.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Tanning assured me that these feelings were not just ANTS (“automatic negative thoughts,” in therapy parlance).

From The Daily Beast

In vulgar parlance this book is not your own or our own, but "yourn" or "ourn," or it may be "hisn" or "hern."

From Project Gutenberg

A filler, be it known, in technical parlance means that portion of the tobacco of which the inside of the cigar is made.

From Project Gutenberg

In common parlance, the word Suyu was dropped, and the termination a in Anta was converted into is.

From Project Gutenberg

He touched nothing but what in commercial parlance is termed 'gilt-edged,' and of this he purchased almost daily for thirty years.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came the leadsman's long-drawn chant, once so familiar, the monotonous repeating in river parlance of the depths of water.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• argot
• jargon
• lingo
• patois
• vernacular