parlance

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.

   “To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […]”

   “We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War."”

   “The tourist's impression of the country to-day is that of a transported Holland, in which the official language is Dutch and the parlance of the people is "taki-taki."”

   “At first she "ran a temperature" in American parlance, and I could not resist the exquisite caloricity of unexpected delights—Venus febriculosa—though it was a very languid Lolita that moaned and coughed and shivered in my embrace.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.

   “Its use at a variety of levels, including the individual and organisational level, make it a varied term that has parlance in organisational development, performance management and talent management.”

3. (archaic, countable, rare, uncountable)Speech, discussion or debate.

   “And without further parlance they fought, […]”