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Parlance is a manner or method of speaking characteristic to a particular culture or native language.

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The terms "LOL" or "ROTFL" are examples of words that have become common parlance in the language of the Internet.

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noun

Archaic conversation; esp., parley or debate
a style or manner of speaking or writing; language; idiom: military parlance

Origin: Anglo-Fr parlaunce < OFr < parler: see parley

See parlance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A particular manner of speaking; idiom: legal parlance.
Speech, especially a conversation or parley.

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Origin: Middle French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from parler, to speak; see parley

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