Parlance and Standard

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Parlance noun - A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.

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Standard is an antonym for parlance in idiom topic.

Standard noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

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Parlance is an antonym for standard.

old	old parlance	old standard
normal	normal parlance	normal standard
common	common parlance	common standard
current	current parlance	current standard
Other adjectives: legal, popular, actual, professional, general, military, modern.

SOP is also a subversion; the military and private contractors who use the system would think it means "Standard Operating Procedure," which is what the acronym means in actual military parlance.

Source: Fun With Acronyms / Video Games

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