Parlance (noun)
pah-lans
A particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.
Late 16th century (denoting speech or debate): from Old French, from parler ‘speak’, from Latin parabola ‘comparison’ (in late Latin ‘speech’).
Example sentences
“The fact that those terms were common parlance back then is problematic.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
