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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 Wall Street parlance, that means the cohort is underpenetrated .
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
The second is that every episode is filmed in a single shot — or, in filmmaking parlance, a oner.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
In British fashion parlance, the signature single flower, attended occasionally by a bit of lace, is called a fascinator.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The maneuver, in military parlance, is known as a force multiplier.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
The second is that every episode is filmed in a single shot — or, in filmmaking parlance, a oner.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
In British fashion parlance, the signature single flower, attended occasionally by a bit of lace, is called a fascinator.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The maneuver, in military parlance, is known as a force multiplier.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parlance
Noun
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The development of new terminology could impact biomarker development and the understanding of liver disease’s natural history, which took decades to establish.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
31 May 2025
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Trained in the Sanford Meisner method of acting — and not afraid to throw that terminology around!—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 May 2025
Noun
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There’s no universal language—only tribal dialects.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Because the characters are speaking a very distinctive local dialect, and that’s, of course, completely lost in translation.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
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Outlets including The Wall Street Journal and CNN identified the vernacular for this courtesy: a gimme.—
Matthew Purdy,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Studio Collins Weir Studio Collins Weir designed this space to build on the warm materialism of the architecture and play to the agrarian vernacular of the Mill Valley, California, project.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2025
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Powered by nine proprietary learning methods, the platform integrates real-time cultural signals - from memes and slang to idioms and ancient lore.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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But the nature of all idioms is that their meaning cannot be deduced from their components; the phrase kicked the bucket does not put the English speaker in the mind of an actual bucket, just as the word death does not remind him terribly of the letter D.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Look into the slang and jargon your kids are using — a few of them can be linked to specific online spaces, or even to certain ideologies.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The linguistic features of Gen Alpha slang are heavily shaped by digital culture.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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With technical innovation and a brand defining visual language that dates back 102 years, TIME Studios aims to impact communities and the world at large with ideas that forge true progress.—
TIME PR,
Time,
27 May 2025
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This platform uses rigorous standardization protocols, like OMB guidelines for demographics and ISO codes for language, ensuring consistency.—
Raghvendra Tripathi,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Parlance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlance. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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