parlance

Converse of object

• become: Little wonder that " mutual gains " is becoming more common parlance in British workplaces.
• use: The car received a " soft " launch, to use modern parlance, in late 1967.
• box: Marijuana 19 What in boxing parlance is a pug?

Adjective modifier

• common: In common parlance, a ' blast from the past ' .
• everyday: In everyday parlance a public good is a good or service produced by the public sector.
• modern: The car received a " soft " launch, to use modern parlance, in late 1967.
• ordinary: In ordinary parlance the breakdown had plainly caused the delay.
• popular: Her argument may one day give the phrase ' triggering the placebo effect ' a place in popular parlance.
• legal: In legal parlance the individual has to be competent for the job.

Modifies a noun

• today: To be liberal in common parlance today might be supposed to represent a dangerous threat to society.

Noun used with modifier

• computer: Three times the picture has ' hung ' ( in computer parlance ).
• marketing: Every class striker needs, in marketing parlance, a Unique Selling Point.
• Internet: FAQ Yes, here it is, the obligatory frequently asked questions, or in Internet parlance " FAQ " .
• day: Or in modern day parlance if you vandalize and cover something in filth, don't be surprised if it doesn't look attractive.
• cricketing: In cricketing parlance ' bowling ' is the deli every of the ball to the batsman.
• railroad: The east roundhouse catered for passenger engines, whilst the west one catered for goods ( freight in 1990's railroad parlance ) engines.

Possessives

• today: Banff was where we ' chilled ' in today's parlance.

Preposition: of

• time: In the common parlance of the times it seems more like a ` vapor service ' .
• theory: In the parlance of complexity theory, cyberspace is an emergent phenomena, something that is more than the sum of its parts.