Definition of Parlance
a way of speaking that is typical of a certain group or culture
Examples of Parlance in a sentence
When I heard the computer programmers talking about coding, I could not understand a word of their parlance. 🔊
The legal parlance used by attorneys has its roots in the Latin language. 🔊
Because the counselor talks to teens every day, she is quite familiar with the parlance young people use to communicate. 🔊
The author used the parlance of a small country town as a guide for perfecting the dialogue of his Southerner characters. 🔊
When the doctor testified on the stand, he spoke in a medical parlance that few members of the jury understood. 🔊
My daughter was quick to tell me that adolescents no longer used the once popular phrase in modern parlance. 🔊
Although Kim listened to the assistant on the helpline, she could not understand the technical parlance well enough to fix her computer. 🔊
Low blood sugar is referred to as hypoglycemia in medical parlance. 🔊
In financial parlance, the professor explained the easiest way for us to complete our profit and loss statements. 🔊
Since you are not a racing fan, you probably will not understand much of the parlance used by the sportscasters during the race. 🔊
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