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parlance
[pahr-luhns]
noun
a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom.
legal parlance.
speech, especially a formal discussion or debate.
talk; parley.
parlance
/ ˈɑːəԲ /
noun
a particular manner of speaking, esp when specialized; idiom
political parlance
archaicany discussion, such as a debate
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of parlance1
Example Sentences
Hustler - Kenyan parlance for someone eking out a living against the odds - helped portray him as someone who would prioritise the needs of the struggling folk.
If 1960s Beatlemania was defined by teenage girls fainting and screaming, the plan now is arguably to get Gen Z - in internet parlance - "screaming, crying, throwing up" from behind their phone screens in excitement.
It should be remembered that as I reported earlier, Social Security officials had suspended Dudek — placed him on “administrative leave” in government parlance — for providing unauthorized access to DOGE.
That’s called “effing around and finding out” in the parlance of our times; a succinct, coarse way to sum up one of horror cinema’s traditional functions.
In this part of the group chat, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz provides an update on the strike - which in military parlance is called a battle damage assessment, or BDA.
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