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[PAWR-lahns] 
1. a manner of speaking used by people in a particular context; idiom: "Amazingly, Jenny has managed to keep up with technical parlance over the last twenty years, despite its rapid pace of change."
2. speech, especially in a conversation or debate
Origin:
Approximately 1580; borrowed from Middle French, 'parlance'; from Old French, 'parlaunce,' from 'parler': to speak; from Late Latin, 'parabolare,' from 'parabola': speech, discourse; from Latin, 'parabola': comparison. In action:
"Roy and Silo, two chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan, are completely devoted to each other. For nearly six years now, they have been inseparable. They exhibit what in penguin parlance is called 'ecstatic behavior': that is, they entwine their necks, they vocalize to each other, they have sex. Silo and Roy are, to anthropomorphize a bit, gay penguins. When offered female companionship, they have adamantly refused it. And the females aren't interested in them, either.
At one time, the two seemed so desperate to incubate an egg together that they put a rock in their nest and sat on it, keeping it warm in the folds of their abdomens, said their chief keeper, Rob Gramzay. Finally, he gave them a fertile egg that needed care to hatch. Things went perfectly. Roy and Silo sat on it for the typical 34 days until a chick, Tango, was born. For the next two and a half months they raised Tango, keeping her warm and feeding her food from their beaks until she could go out into the world on her own. Mr. Gramzay is full of praise for them."
Dinitia Smith. 'Love That Dare Not Squeak Its Name,' The New York Times (February 7, 2004).
"The main reason why this is so owes to the fact that coprolites are among the most rare of all dinosaur fossils. 'It's easier to find a big, fat diamond then it is to find a coprolite,' said Brett-Surman.
'That's why we get so excited when we find dinosaur feces,' said Chin.
Part of the problem lies in knowing what to look for when fossil-hunting in the field. Or in the parlance of paleontologists, having the right 'search image.'"
Sean Markey. "Dino Dung: Paleontology's Next Frontier?" National Geographic News (March 12, 2003).
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