Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A particular manner of speaking; idiom.
- noun Speech, especially a conversation or parley.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Speech; conversation; discourse; talk; language; manner of expression; conference.
- noun In common parlance, in the usual mode of speech; in ordinary language.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A certain way of
speaking , of using words, especially when it comes to those with a particularjob or interest. - noun archaic, rare Speech,
discussion ordebate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Narcissism, in psycho-therapeutic parlance, is a term used to indicate a superficial personality type with a hyper-inflated sense of self to compensate for a grievously wounded core.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010
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The Democrats are still true to their heritage of the party of local notables, or in American parlance of Bourbon Democrats and urban political machines.
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He's the guy, in American parlance, who cracks heads, makes it happen, says Joel Rubin, deputy director of the National Security Network, a Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank.
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Erica - FYI - Opposition Research in campaign parlance is not research you conduct on your opponent, but rather research you do on yourself in an effort to glean what they will find out about you.
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“… The use of the word ‘regime’ in American political parlance is unacceptable, and someone should tell the walrus [Limbaugh] to stop using it.”
Even Chris Matthews doesn’t listen to Chris Matthews. [edited] | RedState 2010
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Narcissism, in psycho-therapeutic parlance, is a term used to indicate a superficial personality type with a hyper-inflated sense of self to compensate for a grievously wounded core.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010
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Now Tiger #1 is, in American parlance, a key comic.
Comic Cuts - 8 April 2010 Steve 2010
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"McCain's Mixed Signals on Foreign Policy" (Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times) In today's parlance, is McCain a "realist" or "neocon"?
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The definition of design, as used in ID parlance is not associated with intelligence at all, it is simply saying something that is not describable by simple stochastic processes or regularity are designed:
Aiguy's Computer 2008
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The term the legacy of slavery, while in popular parlance, is rarely ever quantified.
seanahan commented on the word parlance
This is another way to say lingo, vernacular, idiom, etc. I think it sounds less technical, but more high class.
June 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word parlance
I agree, seanahan. It seems frilly yet utilitarian to me.
June 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word parlance
Do you too parle vous mon petit bleu? Wee, wee, Sherry!
September 1, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word parlance
Parlance is obviously based on answerance to specific askance.
October 17, 2009