All parlance synonyms
par·lance
P p noun parlance
- chalk talk — an informal lecture with pertinent points, explanatory diagrams, etc, shown on a blackboard
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- wordage — words collectively.
- jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- brogue — If someone has a brogue, they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots.
- diction — Someone's diction is how clearly they speak or sing.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- interlocution — conversation; dialogue.
- wording — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- duologue — a conversation between two persons; dialogue.
- earful — an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- langue — the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- argot — An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand.
- by-word — a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
- dialog — dialogue
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- dialogue — Dialogue is communication or discussion between people or groups of people such as governments or political parties.
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- command language — the language used to access a computer system