Parlance and Term

Parlance

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

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Term and parlance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Term" instead a noun "Parlance".

Term noun - A fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position.

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Parlance and term are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Parlance" instead a noun "Term".

Nearby Words: termless, termed, termer

old	old parlance	old term
common	common parlance	common term
formal	formal parlance	formal term
correct	correct parlance	correct term
Other adjectives: legal, popular, actual, psychological, general, less, military, official, modern.

In Japanese parlance, that is a catch-all phrase that covers not only what is strictly the medical definition of the term, such as Speech Impediment, but also such things as social anxiety or autism.

Source: Ambiguous Disorder
Miley Cyrus might have made "twerk" a household word in 2013, but the phenomenon got started on YouTube long before the term itself was in common parlance.

Source: Website / YouTube
They preferred to call themselves "the Paisans", as "mamaluke" is a pejorative term in Italian parlance.

Source: Captain Ethnic

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