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the manner of speech used by a particular group of people
In military parlance, "bug out" means "to retreat." They spoke the parlance of those in the technology industry.
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Recent Examples of parlance
Each inaugural visit also comes with a 15-minute health assessment with a provider, called a Healer in the company’s parlance, with add-ons like cupping and ear seeding also available.
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James Manso, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
But her glittery, earmuff-size headphones were, in the parlance, giving global glamour.
—Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Internet Boyfriends In the parlance of the time: not all men.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Traditional, medical-grade hearing aids have been, and always will be, unsexy devices and, in Alton Brown parlance, a unitasker.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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James Manso, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
But her glittery, earmuff-size headphones were, in the parlance, giving global glamour.
—Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Internet Boyfriends In the parlance of the time: not all men.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Traditional, medical-grade hearing aids have been, and always will be, unsexy devices and, in Alton Brown parlance, a unitasker.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parlance
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Cap’n Don Johnson is alerted at the brig (terminology check?) and orders the ship to drop buoys, informing us that only 15 percent of overboard cases survive.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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That, and a diet of 1970s and 1980s ‘exploitation movies,’ or ‘genre titles’ to use contemporary terminology.Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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The delightful elocution of their dry-as-martini witticisms (dialect coach Nancy Carlin) adds to the joys of this period piece.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Scholars say their separation from the mainland caused residents to retain much of their African heritage, including their unique dialect and skills and crafts such as cast-net fishing and basket-weaving.Russ Bynum and Emily Wagster Pettus, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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Comparatively, while New Hampshire is quiet, with a small core group of practitioners working in regional vernaculars, Maine and Vermont boast a disproportionate number of architects—Elliott Architects and Birdseye among them—engaged in custom residential equal to that of the nation’s highest.Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Since 2015, the term lynching, a word with 18th-century American roots, has become part of the Indian vernacular.Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
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This brand of idiom deconstruction and crisp sound became a hallmark of Jones’ work from this point forward.A.D. Amorosi, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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One of its vegan standout idioms is the manakish flatbread with roasted tomato, Biber Salcasi pepper paste, Aleppo and mint.Kaila Yu, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Fact checked by Sarah Scott Parents of tweens and teens like me are always in need of a brush up on current slang terms, such as lala bop, and rizz.Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 Nov. 2024
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Slang terms for marijuana Pot, Mary Jane, grass, reefer, green, hash, ganja and doobie are just a few of the ever-growing list of slang terms used in exchange for marijuana.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Yet research suggests that children up to age 5 can learn and process up to five languages.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Luckily, just in time, Nick whispers the one word in the (British) English language that instantly turns back the clock.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Parlance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlance. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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