Parlance
noun
A particular way of using words or expressing oneself, popular within a specific group or field.
In legal parlance, "force majeure" means an unexpected event that prevents someone from doing what they promised.
Often appears as...
- "in common parlance"
- "in legal parlance"
noun
The language or words commonly used within a certain industry or field.
In computing parlance, 'cybersecurity' means protecting computer systems and networks from unauthorized access or damage.
Often appears as...
- "in technical parlance"
- "in medical parlance"
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Technical
noun
The type of language spoken in a certain region or country.
In the parlance of New Zealand, 'a bach' refers to a small holiday home or beach house.
Often appears as...
- "in british parlance"
- "in american parlance"
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Colloquial
noun
A particular way of using words or expressing oneself, popular within a specific group or field.
In legal parlance, "force majeure" means an unexpected event that prevents someone from doing what they promised.
Often appears as...
- "in common parlance"
- "in legal parlance"
noun
The language or words commonly used within a certain industry or field.
In computing parlance, 'cybersecurity' means protecting computer systems and networks from unauthorized access or damage.
Often appears as...
- "in technical parlance"
- "in medical parlance"
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The type of language spoken in a certain region or country.
In the parlance of New Zealand, 'a bach' refers to a small holiday home or beach house.
Often appears as...
- "in british parlance"
- "in american parlance"
Usage tips
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Group Specific
Used to sound like part of a specific group or community.
In gamer parlance, 'GG' means 'good game'.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Misuse
Ensure you know the group's terms before using their parlance to communicate.
Misusing hacker parlance could lead to misunderstandings.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Formal
Parlance can be informal and reflect everyday language of a group.
In teen parlance, 'lit' often means exciting or excellent.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Specific
Used to sound like part of a specific group or community.
In gamer parlance, 'GG' means 'good game'.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Misuse
Ensure you know the group's terms before using their parlance to communicate.
Misusing hacker parlance could lead to misunderstandings.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Formal
Parlance can be informal and reflect everyday language of a group.
In teen parlance, 'lit' often means exciting or excellent.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Specific
Used to sound like part of a specific group or community.
In gamer parlance, 'GG' means 'good game'.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Misuse
Ensure you know the group's terms before using their parlance to communicate.
Misusing hacker parlance could lead to misunderstandings.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Formal
Parlance can be informal and reflect everyday language of a group.
In teen parlance, 'lit' often means exciting or excellent.
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but in this case, pay somebody, on your behalf, to not emit three tonnes of carbon that they otherwise would have. Now, in accounting parlance, this is what's called an avoided emissions offset. But it comes with a catch.
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Summiting the World’s...
nims in the parlance of mountaineers nims is a beast almost a superhero type figure he'd made headlines the year before when he climbed the world's 14 tallest peaks all the crown jewels on back to back
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but in this case, pay somebody, on your behalf, to not emit three tonnes of carbon that they otherwise would have. Now, in accounting parlance, this is what's called an avoided emissions offset. But it comes with a catch.
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Summiting the World’s...
nims in the parlance of mountaineers nims is a beast almost a superhero type figure he'd made headlines the year before when he climbed the world's 14 tallest peaks all the crown jewels on back to back
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
Bitcoins are not a real investment; they are bets inside a casino. If the price goes back up, don't be fooled. In the parlance of popping investment bubbles, it's something called a 'dead-cat bounce.' People who are desperate to keep the game going rush back in, hoping to bring the price back up, but it never lasts.
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Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
There just isn't anything more invigorating than to read an article or hear about an entrepreneur using the term 'disruptive technology' that makes no reference to me as the source. When it's clear they really got the idea and they use it as if it were in everyday parlance, that's the ultimate triumph.
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John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
Growing up, it was uncool to admit that your family had any money. And then, instantly, money was cool. In Reagan's parlance, it was about freedom of the individual, which was freedom to be greedy... individual versus society. There was a weird seduction in that, which I still feel.
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Molly Holzschlag
American Author
The Web is not a prize to be won, and Mr. Ballmer's attitude is deplorable in the light of what the Web means to the world, to users, to designers and developers, and - to put it into Microsoft parlance - customers.
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Bernard Beckett
New Zealander Writer
I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kant's idea that the world as we see it is absolutely a function of the way our brain works. In the modern parlance, it's an evolved machine that we carry with us.
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Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
The U.S. has fewer, stingier, more complicated, and more conditional safety nets available to people than many other advanced economies - less generous 'automatic stabilizers,' in economic parlance.
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Ravi Shastri
Indian Coach
We all know the soil in western India has a reddish tinge. In cricketing parlance it means a ticket to party for the spinners at the start and end of a cricket season.
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Jody Williams
American Activist
The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims. In common parlance, it is the perfect soldier, the 'eternal sentry.' The war ends, the landmine goes on killing.
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Scott Westerfeld
American Author
When the term 'machine gun' enters common parlance, the word 'machine' becomes much more sinister.
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Marcus Sakey
American Author
I've always been fascinated by mythology or, in modern parlance, by X-Men or vampires.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
Bitcoins are not a real investment; they are bets inside a casino. If the price goes back up, don't be fooled. In the parlance of popping investment bubbles, it's something called a 'dead-cat bounce.' People who are desperate to keep the game going rush back in, hoping to bring the price back up, but it never lasts.
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Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
There just isn't anything more invigorating than to read an article or hear about an entrepreneur using the term 'disruptive technology' that makes no reference to me as the source. When it's clear they really got the idea and they use it as if it were in everyday parlance, that's the ultimate triumph.
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John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
Growing up, it was uncool to admit that your family had any money. And then, instantly, money was cool. In Reagan's parlance, it was about freedom of the individual, which was freedom to be greedy... individual versus society. There was a weird seduction in that, which I still feel.
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Molly Holzschlag
American Author
The Web is not a prize to be won, and Mr. Ballmer's attitude is deplorable in the light of what the Web means to the world, to users, to designers and developers, and - to put it into Microsoft parlance - customers.
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Bernard Beckett
New Zealander Writer
I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kant's idea that the world as we see it is absolutely a function of the way our brain works. In the modern parlance, it's an evolved machine that we carry with us.
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Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
The U.S. has fewer, stingier, more complicated, and more conditional safety nets available to people than many other advanced economies - less generous 'automatic stabilizers,' in economic parlance.
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Ravi Shastri
Indian Coach
We all know the soil in western India has a reddish tinge. In cricketing parlance it means a ticket to party for the spinners at the start and end of a cricket season.
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Jody Williams
American Activist
The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims. In common parlance, it is the perfect soldier, the 'eternal sentry.' The war ends, the landmine goes on killing.
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Scott Westerfeld
American Author
When the term 'machine gun' enters common parlance, the word 'machine' becomes much more sinister.
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Marcus Sakey
American Author
I've always been fascinated by mythology or, in modern parlance, by X-Men or vampires.
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