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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
In business parlance, intent could be reflected through transparently communicating the policies, systems and controls implemented for data privacy and ethics, and also by communicating any gaps and how they will be addressed.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
The financial brokers who handle such trades have demanded that exporters hand over more cash toward settling up their losses — a margin call, in financial parlance.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Among the first steps in the research duo's reverse engineering process was purchasing nine receivers—known as FREs in Radio Ripple Control parlance—from different manufacturers of the devices.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
His public shaming of Mike Williams for running the wrong route was three months ago, which can feel like years in Jets parlance.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
The financial brokers who handle such trades have demanded that exporters hand over more cash toward settling up their losses — a margin call, in financial parlance.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Among the first steps in the research duo's reverse engineering process was purchasing nine receivers—known as FREs in Radio Ripple Control parlance—from different manufacturers of the devices.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
His public shaming of Mike Williams for running the wrong route was three months ago, which can feel like years in Jets parlance.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parlance
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This can hamper an enterprise’s ability to differentiate its services, particularly when specialized tasks or industry-specific terminology are involved.—
Eli David,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Sailing lessons: Learn basic sailing skills and terminology from the instructors of the Central Florida Community Sailing Program during this six-session class.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Similarly, when Mari speaks on the phone to her clients, her Miami dialect drops completely.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2025
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Declan has been reading up on local lore, revealing that there are 13 different dialects in the area, which also boasts a church made entirely of bundled hay.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
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Older internet vernacular involved quoting memes or making references to nerd culture, but brain rot offers strange sentence constructions and rhetorical tics with a broad range of possible applications.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Dishes like orange chicken and General Tso’s chicken became part of the greater American culinary vernacular in the woks of the Panda restaurants.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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There is a French idiom that says when something is so easy, it can be done with ‘les doigts dans le nez’ — the fingers in the nose.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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While often used sarcastically to mock true believers, the idiom reflects Italy’s enduring ambiguity toward Fascism, even 80 years after its fall.—
Mattia Ferraresi,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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No more deciphering slang terms only to get eye-rolls from tweens in response.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
10 Mar. 2025
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And for future iterations of Signs, Nvidia said the team behind the platform is exploring how to include non-manual signals that are crucial to ASL, such as facial expressions and head movements, as well as slang and regional variations in the language.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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Owned by the American toy company Hasbro, Monopoly is licensed to 113 countries and printed in 46 languages around the globe.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The steak house speaks its own language, no matter how much of the menu is retitled in French.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Parlance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlance. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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