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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

/ ˈɑːəԲ /

noun

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

    political parlance

  2. archaic.
    any discussion, such as a debate
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of parlance1

From Anglo-French, dating back to 1570–80; parle, -ance
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51Թ 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
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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.

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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.

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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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"In football parlance, we were in a prevent defense to not lose when we never had anything to lose because I don’t think we were ever ahead."

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In boxing parlance, Scotland were stuck on the ropes, almost defenceless, eyes rolling in the back of their head as Wales unloaded.

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