parlance
15
7.7
- noun
- /ˈpɑːrləns/
:
modo de hablar
- We're what's known, in common parlance, as "peculiar."
And mood in today's parlance means I've been there.
- And mood in today's parlance means I've been there.
- Malignant narcissists are, in common parlance, kind of psychopaths.
- Sounds like the parlance of a turtle owner.
- It's kind of dropped out of parlance in in the broader culture now.
- Guy in front of me, he's got a Taurus or in Bentley parlance, the guy in front of me has a car.
- How could, in my, my parlance, how could a bourgeois institution allow for speech advocating its overthrow?
- Like in recovery parlance, they say halt like if you're feeling like that low or you know, down or not great.
- There's a phrase in in recovery parlance that's that goes like this.
- While all his other friends were, to use the parlance of the time out chasing tail.
- So, you know, it's, it's a complicate, complicated issue, but such are the parlance of our times.
Examples
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They used specific parlance during the meeting that only industry professionals would understand.
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In today's parlance, they would just call him a dirtbag.
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I believe in your particular parlance, the word is "magic."
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What is that parlance you used in the army, do me proud.
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As they say in military parlance: there it is.
Academic text (2004) -
But for purposes of what people out there do use in common parlance, in this case, they do use the word God.
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Sounds like the parlance of a turtle owner.
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It's kind of dropped out of parlance in in the broader culture now.
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In the parlance of the street, she's cherry.
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In common parlance, attribution means who is responsible or assigning a cause to an action.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
33
3.0
How words and phrases are used in speech and writing, often by a group
5
8.2
The words and expressions someone uses to say ideas in a particular style
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
parlance = parley (opaque) = parl + ance
Although '-ance' is a standard noun-forming suffix, the base form 'parl' is not a standalone modern English word; 'parley' is a related English verb but differs in form and specific meaning, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
The word parlance comes from the old French verb parler, which means 'to speak' and is the same root you see in parlor, a room for talking. So parlance means a particular way of speaking or the special words a group uses.